Abdominal CT, with/without dye cost in San Jose, CA — inpatient
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for abdominal CT scan without and with contrast as an inpatient: from $2,833.60 to $4,992.40, with a median of $3,191.68. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose and 1 other hospital — $358.08 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,833.60 at 210 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 74170, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose lowest San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 CT ABDOMEN W/O & W/CONTRAST MATERIAL | $2,833.60 | $5,060.00 | $393.00–$1,230.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara lowest Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 CT ABDOMEN W/O & W/CONTRAST MATERIAL | $2,833.60 | $5,060.00 | $393.00–$1,230.00 | 44% | — source file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC CT ABDOMEN W/WO CONTRAST | $3,549.75 | $14,199.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 CT Abdomen WO/W Contrast | $4,992.40 | $12,481.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $2,833.60, median $3,191.68, highest $4,992.40 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $4,271.08 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 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
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.