PET/CT scan cost in Cincinnati, OH
In Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN, 14 hospitals list a cash price for PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh: from $3,175.60 to $6,236.10, with a median of $3,867.00. The lowest listed price is at Fort Hamilton Hospital and 2 other hospitals — $691.40 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $4,854.75 at 82 hospitals.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 8 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 1, 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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Hamilton Hospital lowest Hamilton, OH Hc Pet/Ct Imaging Skull Base To Thig | $3,175.60 | $7,939.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Fort Hamilton Hospital lowest Hamilton, OH Hc Pet/Ct Skull/Thigh Mc Initial | $3,175.60 | $7,939.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Fort Hamilton Hospital lowest Hamilton, OH Hc Pet/Ct Skull/Thigh Mc Treatmnt Stratgey | $3,175.60 | $7,939.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kettering Medical Center lowest Kettering, OH Hc Pet/Ct Imaging Skull Base To Thig | $3,175.60 | $7,939.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kettering Medical Center lowest Kettering, OH Hc Pet/Ct Skull/Thigh Mc Initial | $3,175.60 | $7,939.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kettering Medical Center lowest Kettering, OH Hc Pet/Ct Skull/Thigh Mc Treatmnt Stratgey | $3,175.60 | $7,939.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kettering Medical Center lowest Miamisburg, OH Hc Pet/Ct Imaging Skull Base To Thig | $3,175.60 | $7,939.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kettering Medical Center lowest Miamisburg, OH Hc Pet/Ct Skull/Thigh Mc Initial | $3,175.60 | $7,939.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kettering Medical Center lowest Miamisburg, OH Hc Pet/Ct Skull/Thigh Mc Treatmnt Stratgey | $3,175.60 | $7,939.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Health Anderson Hospital LLC Cincinnati, OH HC Pet/CT Skull Base to Mid Thigh | $3,867.00 | $6,445.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Mercy Health Clermont Hospital LLC Batavia, OH HC Pet/CT Skull Base to Mid Thigh | $3,867.00 | $6,445.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Mercy Health West Hospital LLC Cincinnati, OH HC Pet/CT Skull Base to Mid Thigh | $3,867.00 | $6,445.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Jewish Hospital LLC Cincinnati, OH HC Pet/CT Skull Base to Mid Thigh | $3,867.00 | $6,445.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Mercy Health Fairfield Hospital LLC Fairfield, OH HC Pet/CT Skull Base to Mid Thigh | $3,867.00 | $6,445.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| West Chester Hospital, LLC West Chester, OH Hc Pet/Ct Tumor Image Skull To Mid-Thigh | $5,014.80 | $8,358.00 | — | 40% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLC Cincinnati, OH Hc Pet/Ct Tumor Image Skull To Mid-Thigh | $5,014.80 | $8,358.00 | — | 40% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH Hb Pet-Ct Skull To Mid-Thigh | $5,233.11 | $10,261.00 | $1,011.08–$10,261.00 | 49% | — source file |
| The Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati, OH HC Pet CT Skull to Mid-Thigh | $5,850.00 | $7,800.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bethesda Hospital Inc. Cincinnati, OH HC Pet CT Skull to Mid-Thigh | $5,850.00 | $7,800.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, Inc. Oxford, OH HC Pet CT Skull to Mid-Thigh | $6,236.10 | $8,314.80 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $3,175.60, median $3,867.00, highest $6,236.10 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $4,060.20. 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 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
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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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 Cincinnati, OHChg Pet Imaging Ct Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh|By Specialist | $293.25 | file |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OHChg Pet Imaging Ct Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh|By Midlevel | $293.25 | file |