Head CT without and with contrast cost in Wheeling, WV
In Wheeling, WV-OH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast: from $1,207.00 to $1,302.50, with a median of $1,233.00. The lowest listed price is at Wheeling Hospital — $26.00 less than the median here. Across West Virginia, the median is $1,235.50 at 18 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 Jul 9, 2026 and Jul 9, 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 Wheeling, WV-OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeling Hospital lowest Wheeling, WV · (304) 243-3000 CT SCAN OF HEAD OR BRAIN BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $1,207.00 | $2,414.00 | $45.03–$715.25 | 50% | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Barnesville Hospital Association Barnesville, OH · (740) 425-3941 CT SCAN OF HEAD OR BRAIN BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $1,233.00 | $2,466.00 | $1,628.00–$4,748.00 | 50% | — source file |
| Wheeling Hospital Wheeling, WV · (304) 243-3000 CT HEAD/BRAIN W/O & W/DYE | $1,267.50 | $2,535.00 | $45.03–$715.25 | 50% | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale, WV · (304) 843-3230 CT SCAN OF HEAD OR BRAIN BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $1,302.50 | $2,605.00 | $45.03–$293.00 | 50% | — source file |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale, WV · (304) 843-3230 CT HEAD/BRAIN W/O & W/DYE | $1,394.00 | $2,788.00 | $45.03–$293.00 | 50% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,207.00, median $1,233.00, highest $1,302.50 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 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 1 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 ($1,551.50). 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.
| Barnesville Hospital Association Barnesville, OHCT HEAD/BRAIN W/O & W/DYE | $71.50 | file |