Head CT without and with contrast cost in Nashville, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast: from $370.33 to $802.22, with a median of $745.89. The lowest listed price is at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital — $375.56 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $635.91 at 43 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 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 Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital lowest Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 CT SCAN HEAD COMBO | $370.33 | $1,277.00 | $115.64–$1,277.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 CT SCAN HEAD COMBO | $689.58 | $1,277.00 | $115.64–$1,277.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 CT HEAD W/0 & W | $802.19 | $2,673.95 | $148.64–$640.94 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 CT BRAINLAB W/WO | $802.22 | $2,674.05 | $148.64–$562.76 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 CT HEAD W/0 & W | $802.22 | $2,674.05 | $148.64–$562.76 | 70% | — source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC CT HEAD/BRAIN W&W/O CONTRAST | $970.63 | $3,347.00 | $86.64–$2,677.60 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 HC CT HEAD/BRAIN W&W/O CONTRAST | $1,807.38 | $3,347.00 | $166.79–$2,677.60 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $370.33, median $745.89, highest $802.22 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $529.96. 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 4 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.