Scans and imaging CPT 70496 Outpatient

Head CT angiogram (CTA) cost in Kansas City, MO

In Kansas City, MO-KS, 20 hospitals list a cash price for CT angiography (CTA) of the head: from $550.00 to $23,730.93, with a median of $4,946.64. The lowest listed price is at Mish — $4,396.64 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $1,934.03 at 64 hospitals.

Cash prices at 20 facilities across 12 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 6, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$550.00Mish
Median$4,946.64half pay less
Highest$23,730.93in this market
Difference43.1×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 Kansas City, MO-KS.

median
Lowest $550.00Highest $23,730.93

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mish lowest Lenexa, KS CT Angiography Head w/ + w/o Contrast $550.00 $5,500.00 — 90% —
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NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Angio Perf Venous Head Neck Code Stroke $620.60 $2,140.00 $156.31–$1,750.52 71% Mar 6, 2026
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NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Angio Venous Head Code Stroke $620.60 $2,140.00 $156.31–$1,750.52 71% Mar 6, 2026
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NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Angio Venous Head and Neck Code Stroke $620.60 $2,140.00 $156.31–$1,750.52 71% Mar 6, 2026
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NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Angio Prfn Venous Head Code Stroke $620.60 $2,140.00 $156.31–$1,750.52 71% Mar 6, 2026
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NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Angio Prfn Venous Head and Neck Code Stroke CT Exam 1 $620.60 $2,140.00 $156.31–$1,750.52 71% Mar 6, 2026
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NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Angio Venous Head $620.60 $2,140.00 $156.31–$1,750.52 71% Mar 6, 2026
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NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Angio Venous Head and Neck $620.60 $2,140.00 $156.31–$1,750.52 71% Mar 6, 2026
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NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Angio Head $620.60 $2,140.00 $156.31–$1,750.52 71% Mar 6, 2026
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NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CTA HEAD W CONTRAST $620.60 $2,140.00 $156.31–$1,750.52 71% Mar 6, 2026
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NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Angio Perfusion Head Code Stroke $620.60 $2,140.00 $156.31–$1,750.52 71% Mar 6, 2026
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NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Angio Perfusion Head and Neck Code Stroke $620.60 $2,140.00 $156.31–$1,750.52 71% Mar 6, 2026
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University Health Truman Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 CT Exam 1 $705.65 $1,283.00 $175.68–$1,283.00 45% Aug 5, 2026
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Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 CT Exam 1 $705.65 $1,283.00 $309.58–$1,283.00 45% Aug 5, 2026
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Liberty Hospital Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 CT ANGIO HEAD WWO $969.00 $3,474.00 $969.25–$2,834.78 72% —
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Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 CT ANGIO BRAIN $2,282.95 $3,261.35 $175.68–$2,772.15 30% Apr 20, 2026
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Rehabilitation Hospital of Overland Park Overland Park, KS CT Spiral Angiography Head $3,671.00 $3,671.00 $101.17–$3,303.90 — Aug 6, 2026
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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 CT ANGIOGRAPHY HEAD W CONTRAST FAC $3,680.16 $7,667.00 $106.23–$6,900.30 52% —
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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 CT ANGIOGRAPHY HEAD W CONTRAST FAC $3,680.16 $7,667.00 $106.23–$6,900.30 52% —
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Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 CT Angio Neck w/wo $4,636.10 $6,623.00 $860.99–$6,417.69 30% Apr 7, 2026
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Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 CT ANGIOHEADWWO70496 $4,636.10 $6,623.00 $860.99–$6,417.69 30% Apr 7, 2026
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AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC CT ANGIO,HEAD COMBO,INCL IMAGE PROCESS $5,257.18 $5,257.18 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC CT ANGIO,HEAD COMBO,INCL IMAGE PROCESS $5,257.18 $5,257.18 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Lafayette Regional Health Center Lexington, MO · (660) 259-2203 Computed tomographic angiography, head, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing $6,807.87 $6,807.87 $401.74 — Sep 1, 2026
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Lafayette Regional Health Center Lexington, MO · (660) 259-2203 CTA HEAD $6,807.87 $6,807.87 $1,266.26–$6,807.87 — Sep 1, 2026
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Overland Park Regional Medical Center Olathe, KS · (913) 541-5000 CTA HEAD $12,652.06 $12,652.06 $1,644.77–$9,489.05 — Sep 1, 2026
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Centerpoint Medical Center Independence, MO · (816) 698-7000 CTA HEAD $15,594.50 $15,594.50 $2,027.29–$14,035.05 — Sep 1, 2026
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Belton Regional Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 348-1200 Computed tomographic angiography, head, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing $19,031.74 $19,031.74 $216.87–$314.71 — Sep 1, 2026
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Belton Regional Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 348-1200 CTA HEAD $19,031.74 $19,031.74 $2,474.13–$17,128.57 — Sep 1, 2026
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Research Psychiatric Center Kansas City, MO CTA HEAD $19,415.40 $19,415.40 $2,524.00–$19,415.40 — Sep 1, 2026
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Research Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 276-4000 CTA HEAD $19,415.40 $19,415.40 $2,524.00–$19,415.40 — Sep 1, 2026
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Menorah Medical Center Overland Park, KS · (913) 498-6000 CTA HEAD $21,253.43 $21,253.43 $2,762.95–$17,002.74 — Sep 1, 2026
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Menorah Medical Center Overland Park, KS · (913) 498-6000 Computed tomographic angiography, head, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing $21,253.43 $21,253.43 $216.87–$314.71 — Sep 1, 2026
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Lee's Summit Medical Center Lee's Summit, MO · (816) 282-5000 CTA HEAD $23,730.93 $23,730.93 $3,085.02–$20,171.29 — Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $550.00, median $4,946.64, highest $23,730.93 — a 43.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $2,976.98. 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 8 of 17 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

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.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are 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.

Providence Medical Center Kansas City, KSHc Ct Angio,Head Combo,Incl Image Process $165.00 file
Saint John Hospital Leavenworth, KSHc Ct Angio,Head Combo,Incl Image Process $165.00 file
St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MOHc Ct Angio,Head Combo,Incl Image Process $174.00 file