Scans and imaging CPT 74170 Outpatient

Abdominal CT, with/without dye cost in El Paso, TX

In El Paso, TX, 7 hospitals list a cash price for abdominal CT scan without and with contrast: from $635.18 to $17,313.00, with a median of $17,313.00. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center Surgical Hospital and 1 other hospital — $16,677.82 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $2,882.40 at 279 hospitals.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 2 cities for code 74170, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 6, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$635.18University Medical Center Surgical Hospital + 1 more
Median$17,313.00half pay less
Highest$17,313.00in this market
Difference27.3×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 El Paso, TX.

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Lowest $635.18Highest $17,313.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX CT ABD W&W/O CONTRAST $635.18 $3,175.90 $126.03–$1,746.75 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 CT ABD W&W/O CONTRAST $635.18 $3,175.90 $126.03–$1,746.75 80% —
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PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of El Paso El Paso, TX CT Abdomen W/O & W/Contrast $3,898.14 $3,898.14 $70.00–$3,313.42 — Aug 6, 2026
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Del Sol Rehab East El Paso, TX CT ABDOMEN W&WO CONT $17,313.00 $17,313.00 $14,716.05 — Sep 1, 2026
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Las Palmas Rehab El Paso, TX CT ABDOMEN W&WO CONT $17,313.00 $17,313.00 $1,038.78–$16,447.35 — Sep 1, 2026
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Las Palmas Medical Center El Paso, TX · (915) 521-1200 CT ABDOMEN W&WO CONT $17,313.00 $17,313.00 $14,716.05 — Sep 1, 2026
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Del Sol Medical Center El Paso, TX · (915) 521-1200 CT ABDOMEN W&WO CONT $17,313.00 $17,313.00 $14,716.05 — Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $635.18, median $17,313.00, highest $17,313.00 — a 27.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $635.18. 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 2 of 7 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

This abdominal CT takes pictures before and after contrast dye. The two sets help characterize liver, kidney and adrenal masses and other findings that one scan cannot explain.

What the price covers

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

10 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 74170 ($1,951.05). 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.

University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS ABDOMEN W & W/O CONT $146.59 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS ABDOMEN W & W/O CONT $146.59 file
El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TXABDOMEN W & W/O CONT $163.00 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE ABDOMEN W & W/O CONT $168.58 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE ABDOMEN W & W/O CONT $168.58 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN ABDOMEN W & W/O CONT $171.84 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXES ABDOMEN W & W/O CONT $171.84 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN ABDOMEN W & W/O CONT $171.84 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES ABDOMEN W & W/O CONT $171.84 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH ABDOMEN W & W/O CONT $180.38 file