Scans and imaging CPT 70496 Outpatient

Head CT angiogram (CTA) cost in Crestview, FL

In Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL, 4 hospitals list a cash price for CT angiography (CTA) of the head: from $1,521.20 to $25,150.00, with a median of $8,581.38. The lowest listed price is at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast — $7,060.18 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $3,536.40 at 169 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 70496, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,521.20Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast
Median$8,581.38half pay less
Highest$25,150.00in this market
Difference16.5×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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL.

median
Lowest $1,521.20Highest $25,150.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast lowest Miramar Beach, FL · (850) 278-3600 CTA HEAD W/POST PROC W/LVO $1,521.20 $3,803.00 $393.89 60% —
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Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast Miramar Beach, FL · (850) 278-3600 CT ANGIOGRAPHY, HEAD $2,104.00 $5,260.00 $393.89 60% —
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North Okaloosa Medical Center Crestview, FL · (850) 689-8100 CTA-HEAD $2,297.75 $12,765.27 $168.05–$11,488.74 82% Apr 1, 2026
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HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital Destin, FL · (850) 862-1111 CTA HEAD $14,865.00 $14,865.00 $2,289.21–$14,865.00 — Sep 1, 2026
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HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital Defuniak Springs, FL · (850) 678-4131 CTA HEAD $25,150.00 $25,150.00 $3,873.10–$22,635.00 — Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,521.20, median $8,581.38, highest $25,150.00 — a 16.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $3,446.62. 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 1 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

A head CTA uses contrast dye and fast CT scanning to show the blood vessels of the brain. It is used in suspected stroke, for aneurysms and for sudden severe headache.

What the price covers

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