Head CT without and with contrast cost in Rapid City, SD
In Rapid City, SD, 1 hospital lists a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast: from $808.02 to $808.02, with a median of $808.02. Across South Dakota, the median is $2,522.80 at 8 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 70470, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Rapid City, SD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital lowest Rapid City, SD · (605) 721-4700 CT BRAIN WO/W CONTRAST | $808.02 | $1,346.70 | $167.60–$1,212.03 | 40% | — source file |
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital lowest Rapid City, SD · (605) 721-4700 CT IAC WO/W CONTRAST | $808.02 | $1,346.70 | $167.60–$1,212.03 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $808.02, median $808.02, highest $808.02.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $808.02. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70470 ($1,551.50). 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.
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital Rapid City, SDPC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO/W CONTRAST | $154.86 | file |
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital Rapid City, SDPC CT IAC WO/W CONTRAST | $154.86 | file |