Scans and imaging CPT 74178 Outpatient

CT abdomen/pelvis with/without cost in Pittsburgh, PA

In Pittsburgh, PA, 24 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of abdomen and pelvis, without and then with contrast dye: from $1,090.00 to $8,884.80, with a median of $4,544.28. The lowest listed price is at Uniontown Hospital — $3,454.28 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $2,985.60 at 104 hospitals.

  • The median here, $4,544.28, is 48% above the US median of $3,074.64.
  • That is 12.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
  • Pittsburgh, PA ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Pennsylvania by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Cash prices at 24 facilities across 16 cities for code 74178, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 10, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 17, 2025 and Oct 28, 2026.

Lowest$1,090.00Uniontown Hospital
Median$4,544.28half of hospitals charge less
Highest$8,884.80in this market
Difference8.2×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 Pittsburgh, PA.

median
Lowest $1,090.00Highest $8,884.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Uniontown Hospital lowest Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 CT SCAN OF ABDOMEN AND PELVIS BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file $1,090.00 $2,180.00 $71.03–$787.87 50%
UPMC Washington Washington, PA · (724) 225-7000 CT ABD WO/W PELVIS W+3 more lines at this price File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $1,135.12 $1,621.60 $255.36–$1,167.55 30%
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Kittanning, PA CT ABD AND PELVIS W/O & W CONT+1 more line at this price File of Mar 2, 2026 · source file $1,196.70 $3,989.00 $280.17–$3,989.00 70%
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 CT ABD&PLV WO CNTR FLWD CNTR File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file $1,221.00 $2,442.00 $71.03–$787.87 50%
Excela Health Latrobe Hospital Latrobe, PA · (724) 832-4000 CT UROGRAM+2 more lines at this price File of Dec 17, 2025 · source file $1,831.80 $3,053.00 $331.69–$3,615.83 40%
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital Greeensburg, PA · (724) 832-4000 CT ABDOMEN PELVIS W&W/O CONT+2 more lines at this price File of Dec 17, 2025 · source file $1,831.80 $3,053.00 $331.69–$3,615.83 40%
Excela Health - Frick Hospital Mt Plesant, PA · (724) 547-1500 CT CYSTOGRAM+2 more lines at this price File of Dec 17, 2025 · source file $1,831.80 $3,053.00 $60.82–$484.80 40%
Monogahela Valley Hospital Monongahela, PA · (724) 258-1000 CT PELVIS W&W/O & ABD WO CONTR+5 more lines at this price File of Feb 2, 2026 · source file $1,915.20 $3,192.00 $858.65–$3,911.80 40%
Monogahela Valley Hospital Monongahela, PA · (724) 258-1000 CT ABD & PELVIS W & WO CONTRAS File of Feb 2, 2026 · source file $2,594.40 $4,324.00 $1,163.16–$5,299.06 40%
Highlands Hospital Connellsville, PA · (724) 628-1500 CT ABD/PELVIS W/WO+1 more line at this price File of Feb 2, 2026 · source file $2,594.40 $4,324.00 $1,457.19–$3,372.72 40%
Butler Memorial Hospital Butler, PA CT Urography 74178+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file $3,201.10 $4,573.00 $855.15–$4,801.65 30%
UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA · (724) 656-4100 CT ABD & PLVS W WO CONTRAST File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $3,337.20 $5,562.00 $292.90–$4,894.56 40%
Allegheny Valley Hospital Natrona Heights, PA · (412) 224-5100 HC CT ABD&PELVIS W/WO CNTRST File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file $4,486.02 $5,826.00 $222.22–$1,085.38 23%
Canonsburg General Hospital Canonsburg, PA · (724) 745-6100 HC CT ABD&PELVIS W/WO CNTRST File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file $4,544.28 $5,826.00 $221.05–$1,081.37 22%
Forbes Hospital Monroeville, PA · (412) 858-2000 HC CT ABD&PELVIS W/WO CNTRST File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file $4,544.28 $5,826.00 $196.28–$3,659.92 22%
West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 578-5000 HC CT ABD&PELVIS W/WO CNTRST File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file $4,725.29 $6,473.00 $244.45–$1,205.53 27%
Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 359-3131 HC CT ABD&PELVIS W/WO CNTRST File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file $4,919.48 $6,473.00 $240.39–$1,197.52 24%
Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA · (412) 469-5000 HC CT ABD&PELVIS W/WO CNTRST File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file $4,980.69 $6,149.00 $160.38–$1,125.43 19%
UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 784-4000 CT ABD & PLVS W WO CONTRAST File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $5,263.80 $8,773.00 $293.97–$7,457.05 40%
UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 367-6700 HC CT ABD & PLVS W WO CONTRAST File of Mar 7, 2026 · source file $5,436.60 $9,061.00 $316.41–$7,701.85 40%
UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, PA · (412) 664-2000 CT ABD & PLVS W WO CONTRAST File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $5,479.20 $9,132.00 $315.59–$7,762.20 40%
UPMC East Monroeville, PA · (412) 357-3000 CT ABD & PLVS W WO CONTRAST File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $5,632.80 $9,388.00 $341.40–$7,510.40 40%
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 232-8111 CT ABD & PLVS W WO CONTRAST File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $5,897.40 $9,829.00 $283.82–$8,846.10 40%
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC CT ABD & PLVS W WO CONTRAST File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $6,108.60 $10,181.00 $318.66–$9,366.52 40%
UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 692-5325 CT ABD & PLVS W WO CONTRAST File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $7,689.00 $12,815.00 $340.48–$11,533.50 40%
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 647-2345 CT ABD & PLVS W WO CONTRAST File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $8,884.80 $14,808.00 $305.64–$12,586.80 40%
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.

Outpatient: lowest $1,090.00, median $4,544.28, highest $8,884.80 — a 8.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 25 facilities here, median $4,544.28. 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 16 of 24 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 CT abdomen/pelvis with/without is, what the price covers and why prices differ: CT abdomen/pelvis with/without explained.