Head CT without and with contrast cost in North Port, FL
In North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, 3 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast: from $18,159.85 to $23,369.79, with a median of $19,346.39. The lowest listed price is at HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital — $1,186.54 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $4,411.35 at 150 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 70470, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 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 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital lowest Bradenton, FL Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections | $18,159.85 | $18,159.85 | $401.74–$1,975.00 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital lowest Bradenton, FL Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections UNSCHEDULED | $18,159.85 | $18,159.85 | $2,827.61–$2,887.14 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital lowest Bradenton, FL CT HD/BR W&W/O CONT | $18,159.85 | $18,159.85 | $853.51–$16,707.06 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Blake Hospital Bradenton, FL · (941) 798-6110 CT HD/BR W&W/O CONT | $19,346.39 | $19,346.39 | $909.28–$17,798.68 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Blake Hospital Bradenton, FL · (941) 798-6110 Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections | $19,346.39 | $19,346.39 | $401.74–$1,975.00 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Blake Hospital Bradenton, FL · (941) 798-6110 Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections UNSCHEDULED | $19,346.39 | $19,346.39 | $2,827.61–$2,887.14 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Englewood Hospital Venice, FL Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections | $23,369.79 | $23,369.79 | $401.74–$1,975.00 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Englewood Hospital Venice, FL Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections UNSCHEDULED | $23,369.79 | $23,369.79 | $2,827.61–$2,887.14 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Englewood Hospital Venice, FL CT HD/BR W&W/O CONT | $23,369.79 | $23,369.79 | $1,098.38–$21,500.21 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $18,159.85, median $19,346.39, highest $23,369.79 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 of 3 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.