Scans and imaging CPT 72192 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvic CT scan, no contrast cost in Santa Cruz, CA — inpatient

In Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for pelvic CT scan without contrast as an inpatient: from $1,921.50 to $4,871.40, with a median of $3,396.45. The lowest listed price is at Dominican Hospital — $1,474.95 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $1,961.25 at 207 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 72192, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Oct 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 28, 2026.

Lowest$1,921.50Dominican Hospital

Median$3,396.45half of hospitals charge less

Highest$4,871.40in this market

Difference2.5×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 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA.

median

Lowest $1,921.50Highest $4,871.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Dominican Hospital lowest Santa Cruz, CA · (831) 462-7700 CT PELVIS WO CON File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$1,921.50	$4,270.00	$3,416.00–$3,629.50	55%
Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CA · (831) 724-4741 CT-PELVIS WO+1 more line at this price File of Sep 28, 2026 · source file	$4,871.40	$8,119.00	$159.23–$8,119.00	40%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $1,921.50, median $3,396.45, highest $4,871.40 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $3,396.45 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 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 pelvic CT without contrast makes cross-section pictures of the pelvic bones and organs without dye. It is used for hip and pelvis fractures, kidney or bladder stones low in the urinary tract, and for people who cannot receive contrast.

What the price covers

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