Scans and imaging CPT 70486 Outpatient

Sinus CT scan cost in Manchester, NH

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the face and sinuses, no contrast dye: from $402.93 to $1,679.11, with a median of $1,189.50. The lowest listed price is at Elliot Hospital — $786.57 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $1,033.10 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 70486, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$402.93Elliot Hospital
Median$1,189.50half pay less
Highest$1,679.11in this market
Difference4.2×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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median
Lowest $402.93Highest $1,679.11

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Elliot Hospital lowest Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Ct Maxillofacial Wo Contrast $402.93 $1,089.00 — 63% Apr 1, 2026
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St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC CT FACIAL BONES W/O CONTRAST $1,189.50 $3,050.00 — 61% —
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Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 CT MAXILLOFACIAL $1,679.11 $2,798.51 — 40% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $402.93, median $1,189.50, highest $1,679.11 — a 4.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,189.50. 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

A CT of the face (maxillofacial area) makes detailed cross-section pictures of the sinuses, facial bones and eye sockets. It is most often ordered for long-lasting sinus problems, before sinus surgery, or after a facial injury. No contrast dye is used.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.