Scans and imaging CPT 70496 Outpatient

Head CT angiogram (CTA) cost in San Antonio, TX

In San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX, 16 hospitals list a cash price for CT angiography (CTA) of the head: from $702.00 to $11,749.21, with a median of $11,749.21. The lowest listed price is at University Health System — $11,047.21 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $2,824.50 at 285 hospitals.

Cash prices at 16 facilities across 5 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 Oct 14, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$702.00University Health System
Median$11,749.21half pay less
Highest$11,749.21in this market
Difference16.7×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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.

median
Lowest $702.00Highest $11,749.21

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
University Health System lowest San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC CT ANGIO,HEAD COMBO - CT HEAD NECK ANGIO W AND $702.00 $2,808.00 $167.16–$7,020.00 75% Oct 14, 2025
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University Health System lowest San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC CT ANGIO,HEAD COMBO - CT HEAD ANGIO W AND WO IV $702.00 $2,808.00 $167.16–$7,020.00 75% Oct 14, 2025
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Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills San Antonio, TX · (210) 703-8211 HC 70496 CT ANGIOGRAPHY HEAD W CONTRAST $846.12 $2,564.00 $83.58–$2,435.80 67% Jan 13, 2026
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Guadalupe Regional Medical Center Seguin, TX · (830) 379-2411 CT ANGIOGRAPHY,HEAD,W/CM +NCI $1,459.50 $2,919.00 $175.06–$2,919.00 50% —
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Medina Regional Hospital Hondo, TX · (830) 426-7700 CTA HEAD $2,310.53 $2,567.25 $227.23–$2,567.25 10% Jul 29, 2026
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Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital of San Antonio San Antonio, TX CT Spiral Angiography Head $4,111.90 $4,111.90 $122.56–$3,700.71 — Aug 6, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Westover Hills San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 Computed tomographic angiography, head, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $175.06 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Westover Hills San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 CTA HEAD $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $2,890.31–$9,986.83 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Atascosa Jourdanton, TX · (830) 769-3515 Computed tomographic angiography, head, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $175.06 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Atascosa Jourdanton, TX · (830) 769-3515 CTA HEAD $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $587.46–$9,986.83 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Helotes, TX · (210) 575-4000 Computed tomographic angiography, head, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $175.06 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Texsan Hospital Rehab San Antonio, TX Computed tomographic angiography, head, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $180.34 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Texsan Hospital Rehab San Antonio, TX CTA HEAD $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $587.46–$9,986.83 — Sep 1, 2026
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Metropolitan Methodist San Antonio, TX · (210) 575-4000 Computed tomographic angiography, head, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $180.34 — Sep 1, 2026
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Metropolitan Methodist San Antonio, TX · (210) 575-4000 CTA HEAD $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $587.46–$9,986.83 — Sep 1, 2026
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Stone Oak Rehab San Antonio, TX CTA HEAD $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $587.46–$9,986.83 — Sep 1, 2026
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Northeast Methodist San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 Computed tomographic angiography, head, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $180.34 — Sep 1, 2026
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Northeast Methodist San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 CTA HEAD $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $587.46–$9,986.83 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Stone Oak San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 CTA HEAD $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $587.46–$9,986.83 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Helotes, TX · (210) 575-4000 CTA HEAD $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $587.46–$11,749.21 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Specialty and Transplant San Antonio, TX · (210) 575-4000 CTA HEAD $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $587.46–$11,749.21 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Texsan Hospital San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 Computed tomographic angiography, head, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $180.34 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Texsan Hospital San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 CTA HEAD $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $587.46–$9,986.83 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Landmark San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 CTA HEAD $11,749.21 $11,749.21 $2,890.31–$9,986.83 — Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $702.00, median $11,749.21, highest $11,749.21 — a 16.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $2,990.77. 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 4 of 16 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.