PET/CT scan cost in Akron, OH
In Akron, OH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh: from $4,854.75 to $8,157.00, with a median of $6,541.60. The lowest listed price is at University Hospitals Portage Medical Center — $1,686.85 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $4,854.75 at 82 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 78815, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 11, 2025 and Jul 14, 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 Akron, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center lowest Ravenna, OH · (330) 297-2300 HC PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH - PT/CT BONE SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $4,854.75 | $6,473.00 | $1,460.92–$6,651.00 | 25% | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
| Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH · (330) 344-6000 PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH | $6,541.60 | $10,064.00 | $0.87–$7,494.23 | 35% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OH · (330) 543-8290 HB NUC THERAPY HYPERTHYROID SUBSEQUENT | $8,157.00 | $10,876.00 | $3,697.84–$10,756.36 | 25% | Nov 11, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $4,854.75, median $6,541.60, highest $8,157.00 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $5,698.18. 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 3 of 3 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
A PET/CT scan combines a PET scan, which shows how active cells are after a tracer is injected, with a CT scan that shows anatomy. This code covers the usual area from the base of the skull to mid-thigh. It is mostly used to find, stage and follow cancer.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the combined scan. The radioactive tracer is often billed separately, as is the radiologist's or nuclear medicine doctor's reading.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 78815 ($4,099.76). 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.
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OHCHG PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH | $194.40 | file |