Scans and imaging CPT 78815 Outpatient

PET/CT scan cost in Atlanta, GA

In Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, 18 hospitals list a cash price for PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh: from $3,529.11 to $12,202.00, with a median of $6,723.56. The lowest listed price is at Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital and 8 other hospitals — $3,194.45 less than the median here. Across Georgia, the median is $3,846.00 at 31 hospitals.

Cash prices at 18 facilities across 12 cities for code 78815, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$3,529.11Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital + 8 more
Median$6,723.56half pay less
Highest$12,202.00in this market
Difference3.5×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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA.

median
Lowest $3,529.11Highest $12,202.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital lowest Griffin, GA Hc Pet Ct Skull Base To Midthigh $3,529.11 $9,049.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital lowest Jackson, GA Hc Pet Ct Skull Base To Midthigh $3,529.11 $9,049.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital lowest Marietta, GA Hc Pet Ct Skull Base To Midthigh $3,529.11 $9,049.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Cobb Hospital lowest Austell, GA Hc Pet Ct Skull Base To Midthigh $3,529.11 $9,049.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Douglas Hospital lowest Douglasville, GA Hc Pet Ct Skull Base To Midthigh $3,529.11 $9,049.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Kennestone Hospital lowest Marietta, GA Hc Pet Ct Skull Base To Midthigh $3,529.11 $9,049.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar North Fulton Hospital lowest Roswell, GA Hc Pet Ct Skull Base To Midthigh $3,529.11 $9,049.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Paulding Hospital lowest Hiram, GA Hc Pet Ct Skull Base To Midthigh $3,529.11 $9,049.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care At Warm Sp lowest Warm Springs, GA Hc Pet Ct Skull Base To Midthigh $3,529.11 $9,049.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Emory University Atlanta, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Saint Josephs Hospital of Atlanta INC Atlanta, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Subsq $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — —
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Saint Josephs Hospital of Atlanta INC Atlanta, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Initial $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — —
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Saint Josephs Hospital of Atlanta INC Atlanta, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — —
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Dekalb Medical Center, INC Decatur, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Subsq $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Dekalb Medical Center, INC Decatur, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Initial $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Dekalb Medical Center, INC Decatur, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Dekalb Medical Center, INC Lithonia, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Initial $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Dekalb Medical Center, INC Lithonia, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Decatur Health Resource, Inc. Decatur, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Subsq $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Decatur Health Resource, Inc. Decatur, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Initial $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Decatur Health Resource, Inc. Decatur, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Ehca John's Creek, LLC Johns Creek, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Subsq $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Ehca John's Creek, LLC Johns Creek, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Initial $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Ehca John's Creek, LLC Johns Creek, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Dekalb Medical Center, INC Lithonia, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Subsq $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Es Rehabilitation LLC Atlanta, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Subsq $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Es Rehabilitation LLC Atlanta, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Initial $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Es Rehabilitation LLC Atlanta, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Crawford Long Hospital Atlanta, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Subsq $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Crawford Long Hospital Atlanta, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Initial $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Crawford Long Hospital Atlanta, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Emory University Atlanta, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Subsq $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Emory University Atlanta, GA Hc Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh - Pt/Ct Bone Skull Base To Mid Thigh Initial $9,918.00 $9,918.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA Nuc Med Study With CT Imaging Skull Base to Mid-Thigh $12,202.00 $12,202.00 — — —
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA Nuc Med Study With CT Imaging Skull Base to Mid-Thigh $12,202.00 $12,202.00 — — —
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA Nuc Med Study With CT Imaging Skull Base to Mid-Thigh $12,202.00 $12,202.00 — — —
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Outpatient: lowest $3,529.11, median $6,723.56, highest $12,202.00 — a 3.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 17 facilities here, median $3,529.11. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.