Scans and imaging CPT 70470 Outpatient

Head CT without and with contrast cost in Glendale, CA

In Glendale, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast: from $6,930.00 to $6,930.00, with a median of $6,930.00. Across California, the median is $2,808.00 at 101 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$6,930.00USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Median$6,930.00half pay less
Highest$6,930.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Glendale, CA · (818) 790-7100 Ct Head/Brain W/O + W/Dye $6,930.00 $6,930.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $6,930.00, median $6,930.00, highest $6,930.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $6,930.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.