Scans and imaging CPT 70470 Outpatient

Head CT without and with contrast cost in Las Vegas, NV

In Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV, 2 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast: from $190.00 to $4,122.00, with a median of $2,156.00. The lowest listed price is at North Vista Hospital — $1,966.00 less than the median here. Across Nevada, the median is $700.56 at 5 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 70470, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 17, 2026 and Mar 17, 2026.

Lowest$190.00North Vista Hospital
Median$2,156.00half pay less
Highest$4,122.00in this market
Difference21.7×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV.

median
Lowest $190.00Highest $4,122.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
North Vista Hospital lowest North Las Vegas, NV · (702) 649-7711 Hc Ct Scan Head Combo $190.00 $6,313.56 $146.69–$6,313.56 97% Mar 17, 2026
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Boulder City Hospital Boulder City, NV · (702) 293-4111 CT Head or Brain w/ + w/o Cont $4,122.00 $4,849.00 $3,588.00–$4,849.00 15% —
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Boulder City Hospital Boulder City, NV · (702) 293-4111 CT Head or Brain w/ + w/o Cont $4,122.00 $4,849.00 $3,225.00–$4,849.00 15% —
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Outpatient: lowest $190.00, median $2,156.00, highest $4,122.00 — a 21.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4,122.00. 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.