Scans and imaging CPT 73700 Outpatient

Leg CT scan cost in Chico, CA

In Chico, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for leg CT scan without contrast (hip to foot, any part): from $198.32 to $922.00, with a median of $560.16. The lowest listed price is at Orchard Hospital — $361.84 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,133.75 at 183 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73700, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 26, 2026 and Sep 26, 2026.

Lowest$198.32Orchard Hospital

Median$560.16half of hospitals charge less

Highest$922.00in this market

Difference4.6×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 Chico, CA.

median

Lowest $198.32Highest $1,383.00

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Orchard Hospital lowest Gridley, CA · (530) 846-5671 CT scan of leg without contrast File of Sep 26, 2026 · source file	$198.32	$330.53	$47.18–$125.58	40%
Oroville Hospital one side Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Ct Lwr Ext Wo Con Rt+3 more lines at this price source file	$922.00	$1,843.00	$129.00–$2,027.00	50%
Oroville Hospital both sides Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Ct Lwr Ext Wo Con Bi source file	$1,383.00	$2,765.00	$129.00–$3,042.00	50%

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.

Outpatient: lowest $198.32, median $560.16, highest $922.00 — a 4.6× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $1,383.00, median $1,383.00, highest $1,383.00.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 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 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 leg CT without contrast makes cross-section pictures of part of the leg, such as the knee, ankle or foot bones. It is used for complex fractures, planning surgery and when an X-ray is unclear.

What the price covers

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