Scans and imaging CPT 73700 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Leg CT scan cost in Mount Airy, NC — inpatient

In Mount Airy, NC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for leg CT scan without contrast (hip to foot, any part) as an inpatient: from $391.00 to $827.00, with a median of $609.00. The lowest listed price is at Northern Regional Hospital — $218.00 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $1,256.25 at 65 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73700, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 16, 2026 and Jul 16, 2026.

Lowest$391.00Northern Regional Hospital
Median$609.00half pay less
Highest$827.00in this market
Difference2.1×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 Mount Airy, NC.

median
Lowest $391.00Highest $1,598.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Northern Regional Hospital lowest Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Limited Low Ext CT-Bone Length $391.00 $575.00 $70.34–$1,175.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital one side Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 CT-Lower Ext W/O IV Cont, Left $799.00 $1,175.00 $70.34–$1,175.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital one side Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 CT-Lower Ext W/O IV Cont,Right $799.00 $1,175.00 $70.34–$1,175.00 32% —
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Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Elkin, NC · (336) 527-7000 HC CT EXTREMITY LOWER W/O CONTRAST $827.00 $1,654.00 $732.72–$1,521.68 50% Jul 16, 2026
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Northern Regional Hospital both sides Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 CT-Lower Ext W/O IV Cont,Bilat $1,598.00 $2,350.00 $70.34–$1,175.00 32% —
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Inpatient: lowest $391.00, median $609.00, highest $827.00 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $1,598.00, median $1,598.00, highest $1,598.00.

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.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $609.00 — 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 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.