Head CT without and with contrast cost in Huntsville, AL — inpatient
In Huntsville, AL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast as an inpatient: from $2,723.00 to $2,972.16, with a median of $2,847.58. The lowest listed price is at Huntsville Hospital — $124.58 less than the median here. Across Alabama, the median is $3,348.75 at 12 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 70470, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Huntsville, AL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville Hospital lowest Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 CT HEAD/BRAIN W/O & W/DYE | $2,723.00 | $2,723.00 | $157.00–$1,769.95 | — | — source file |
| Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville, AL · (256) 429-4000 CT-HEAD WWO | $2,972.16 | $14,153.12 | $2,972.16–$12,030.15 | 79% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $2,723.00, median $2,847.58, highest $2,972.16 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,635.28 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This head CT takes images first without contrast dye and then with it, to compare the two.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the scan and the contrast dye. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70470 ($1,551.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, ALDIET-PULMOCARE-240CC | $17.50 | file |