Head CT without and with contrast cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 5 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast: from $174.00 to $6,248.04, with a median of $620.60. The lowest listed price is at St Joseph Medical Center — $446.60 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $1,583.08 at 24 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 70470, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 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 Kansas City, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Medical Center lowest Kansas City, MO · (816) 942-4400 Hc Ct Scan Head Combo | $174.00 | $5,015.13 | $101.17–$5,015.13 | 97% | Mar 17, 2026 source file |
| Mish Lenexa, KS CT Head or Brain w/ + w/o Contrast | $550.00 | $2,940.00 | — | 81% | — source file |
| NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Head w wo Contrast | $620.60 | $2,140.00 | $156.31–$1,750.52 | 71% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC CT SCAN HEAD COMBO | $6,248.04 | $6,248.04 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC CT SCAN HEAD COMBO | $6,248.04 | $6,248.04 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $174.00, median $620.60, highest $6,248.04 — a 35.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $3,434.32. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 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.