Scans and imaging CPT 70470 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Head CT without and with contrast cost in Philadelphia, PA — inpatient

In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 14 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast as an inpatient: from $999.60 to $2,691.00, with a median of $1,189.03. The lowest listed price is at Paoli Hospital and 4 other hospitals — $189.43 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $1,294.80 at 64 hospitals.

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 13 cities for code 70470, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 24, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$999.60Paoli Hospital + 4 more

Median$1,189.03half pay less

Highest$2,691.00in this market

Difference2.7×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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.

median

Lowest $999.60Highest $2,691.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list	File date
Paoli Hospital lowest Paoli, PA · (610) 648-1000 Hc Ct Head/Brain W/Wo Contrast	$999.60	$2,499.00	—	60%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Lankenau Medical Center lowest Wynnewood, PA · (610) 645-2000 Hc Ct Head/Brain W/Wo Contrast	$999.60	$2,499.00	—	60%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital lowest Malvern, PA Hc Ct Head/Brain W/Wo Contrast	$999.60	$2,499.00	—	60%	— source file
The Bryn Mawr Hospital lowest Bryn Mawr, PA · (610) 526-3000 Hc Ct Head/Brain W/Wo Contrast	$999.60	$2,499.00	—	60%	— source file
Riddle Memorial Hospital lowest Media, PA · (610) 566-9400 Hc Ct Head/Brain W/Wo Contrast	$999.60	$2,499.00	—	60%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ · (856) 363-1000 BRAIN W/O & W CONT	$1,189.03	$1,189.03	—	—	Mar 24, 2026 source file
Inspira Medical Center Mannington Salem, NJ BRAIN W/O & W CONT	$1,189.03	$1,189.03	—	—	Mar 24, 2026 source file
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Mullica Hill, NJ BRAIN W/O & W CONT	$1,189.03	$1,189.03	—	—	Mar 24, 2026 source file
Inspira Health Center Woodbury Woodbury, NJ BRAIN W/O & W CONT	$1,189.03	$1,189.03	—	—	Mar 24, 2026 source file
St. Francis Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 421-4100 HC CT Head/Brain W/O & W/Contrast	$1,600.95	$2,463.00	$182.96–$2,364.48	35%	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 HC CT Head/Brain W/O & W/Contrast	$2,128.75	$3,275.00	$135.00–$3,275.00	35%	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 335-6000 HC CT Head/Brain W/O & W/Contrast	$2,128.75	$3,275.00	$145.00–$3,209.50	35%	Mar 31, 2026 source file
St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA · (215) 750-2003 HC CT Head/Brain W/O & W/Contrast	$2,170.35	$3,339.00	$151.27–$3,172.05	35%	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 CT Head/Brain W/&W/O Cont	$2,691.00	$2,691.00	—	—	— source file
Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 CT Head/Brain W/&W/O Cont	$2,691.00	$2,691.00	—	—	— source file

Inpatient: lowest $999.60, median $1,189.03, highest $2,691.00 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 22 facilities here, median $1,094.32 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 4 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.