Scans and imaging CPT 70496 Outpatient

Head CT angiogram (CTA) cost in Janesville, WI

In Janesville-Beloit, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for CT angiography (CTA) of the head: from $3,547.88 to $3,553.64, with a median of $3,550.76. The lowest listed price is at Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center — $2.88 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $2,074.58 at 98 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 70496, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 1, 2026 and Mar 1, 2026.

Lowest$3,547.88Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center
Median$3,550.76half pay less
Highest$3,553.64in this market
Difference1.0×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 Janesville-Beloit, WI.

median
Lowest $3,547.88Highest $3,553.64

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center lowest Janesville, WI · (608) 756-6161 HC CT CTA HEAD $3,547.88 $4,730.50 — 25% Mar 1, 2026
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Edgerton Hospital and Health Services Edgerton, WI · (608) 884-3441 HC CT ANGIO HEAD WITH AND WITHOUT CONTRAST $3,553.64 $4,868.00 $55.00–$723.79 27% —
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Outpatient: lowest $3,547.88, median $3,550.76, highest $3,553.64.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $3,550.76. 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 not 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

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70496 ($1,845.91). 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.

Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center Janesville, WIHC PBB CT ANGIOGRAPHY HEAD $134.40 file