Abdominal CT, with/without dye cost in Santa Cruz, CA
In Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for abdominal CT scan without and with contrast: from $6,736.80 to $6,857.10, with a median of $6,796.95. The lowest listed price is at Watsonville Community Hospital — $60.15 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,833.60 at 210 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 74170, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 15, 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 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watsonville Community Hospital lowest Watsonville, CA · (831) 724-4741 CT-ABDOMEN WWO | $6,736.80 | $11,228.00 | $340.87–$11,228.00 | 40% | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Watsonville Community Hospital lowest Watsonville, CA · (831) 724-4741 CT ABD WO CNTRST FLWD CNTRST | $6,736.80 | $11,228.00 | $340.87–$11,228.00 | 40% | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz, CA · (831) 462-7700 CT ABDOMEN WO AND W CON | $6,857.10 | $15,238.00 | $244.57–$12,952.30 | 55% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $6,736.80, median $6,796.95, highest $6,857.10.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $6,796.95. 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 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.