Scans and imaging CPT 74170 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Abdominal CT, with/without dye cost in Minden, LA — inpatient

In Minden, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for abdominal CT scan without and with contrast as an inpatient: from $1,340.85 to $1,340.85, with a median of $1,340.85. Across Louisiana, the median is $957.18 at 56 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 74170, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,340.85Minden Medical Center
Median$1,340.85half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,340.85in this market
Difference1.0×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 Minden, LA.

median
Lowest $1,340.85Highest $1,340.85

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Minden Medical Center lowest Minden, LA · (318) 377-2321 CT ABDOMEN W/W/O CONT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,340.85 $4,469.50 $266.84–$4,469.50 70%
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 $1,340.85, median $1,340.85, highest $1,340.85.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,340.85 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 74170 ($1,916.50). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Springhill Medical Center Springhill, LACT ABDOMEN WWO CON PER PROTOCOL $163.20 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.