Scans and imaging CPT 78815 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

PET/CT scan cost in Bowling Green, KY — inpatient

In Bowling Green, KY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh as an inpatient: from $5,164.20 to $6,196.80, with a median of $5,680.50. The lowest listed price is at The Medical Center at Scottsville — $516.30 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $3,761.81 at 36 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 78815, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$5,164.20The Medical Center at Scottsville

Median$5,680.50half of hospitals charge less

Highest$6,196.80in this market

Difference1.2×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 Bowling Green, KY.

median

Lowest $5,164.20Highest $6,197.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
The Medical Center at Scottsville lowest Scottsville, KY · (270) 622-2800 PET NEU INSTAGE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$5,164.20	$8,607.00	$4,151.59–$7,127.46	40%
The Medical Center at Scottsville Scottsville, KY · (270) 622-2800 PET RING IN STG COLON CA+13 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$6,076.20	$10,127.00	$4,884.76–$8,386.17	40%
The Medical Center at Bowling Green Bowling Green, KY · (270) 745-1000 PET RESTAG PROSTATE+17 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$6,196.80	$10,328.00	$3,530.78–$9,017.16	40%
The Medical Center at Scottsville Scottsville, KY · (270) 622-2800 PET RESTAG PROSTATE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$6,197.40	$10,329.00	$4,982.19–$8,553.44	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.

Inpatient: lowest $5,164.20, median $5,680.50, highest $6,196.80 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $5,262.73 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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

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.