Scans and imaging CPT 74170 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Abdominal CT, with/without dye cost in West Union, IA — inpatient

In West Union, IA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for abdominal CT scan without and with contrast as an inpatient: from $1,380.46 to $1,380.46, with a median of $1,380.46. Across Iowa, the median is $1,952.05 at 82 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 74170, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 27, 2026 and Jun 27, 2026.

Lowest$1,380.46Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinic

Median$1,380.46half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,380.46in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinic West Union, IA · (563) 422-3811 HCHG 74170 CT ABD W&W/O IV CONT File of Jun 27, 2026 · source file	$1,380.46	$2,324.00	$983.05–$2,254.28	41%

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 $1,380.46, median $1,380.46, highest $1,380.46.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,380.46 — 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.