Scans and imaging CPT 70470 Outpatient

Head CT without and with contrast cost in Oneonta, NY

In Oneonta, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast: from $1,039.23 to $1,039.23, with a median of $1,039.23. The lowest listed price is at Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Society and 1 other hospital. Across New York, the median is $1,039.23 at 78 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 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$1,039.23Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Society + 1 more
Median$1,039.23half pay less
Highest$1,039.23in this market
Difference1.0×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 Oneonta, NY.

median
Lowest $1,039.23Highest $1,039.23

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Society lowest Oneonta, NY · (607) 432-2000 HC CT Head/Brain/W/O and W Contrast $1,039.23 $3,849.00 $1,193.19–$932.15 73% —
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Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital lowest Cooperstown, NY HC CT Head/Brain/W/O and W Contrast $1,039.23 $3,849.00 $1,193.19–$932.15 73% —
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Outpatient: lowest $1,039.23, median $1,039.23, highest $1,039.23.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 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 2 it is 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70470 ($1,671.60). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Cooperstown, NYCT Scan Head Combo $150.41 file