Scans and imaging CPT 70470 Outpatient

Head CT without and with contrast cost in Massena, NY

In Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast: from $1,899.65 to $2,107.25, with a median of $1,937.57. The lowest listed price is at Slhs Massena — $37.92 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $774.02 at 62 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,899.65Slhs Massena
Median$1,937.57half pay less
Highest$2,107.25in this market
Difference1.1×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 Massena-Ogdensburg, NY.

median
Lowest $1,899.65Highest $2,107.25

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Slhs Massena lowest Massena, NY · (315) 769-4234 HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO _ W CONTRAST $1,899.65 $2,922.54 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY · (315) 265-3300 HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO _ W CONTRAST $1,937.57 $2,980.87 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur, NY · (315) 287-1000 HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO _ W CONTRAST $2,107.25 $3,241.93 — 35% —
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Outpatient: lowest $1,899.65, median $1,937.57, highest $2,107.25 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,937.57. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.