PET/CT scan cost in Columbus, OH
In Columbus, OH, 17 hospitals list a cash price for PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh: from $1,380.60 to $12,080.75, with a median of $4,977.05. The lowest listed price is at Fairfield Medical Center — $3,596.45 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $4,854.75 at 109 hospitals.
- The median here, $4,977.05, is 12% above the US median of $4,426.00.
- That is 3.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($1,460.92).
- Columbus, OH has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in Ohio with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 17 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 17 facilities across 11 cities for code 78815, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 22, 2025 and Apr 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 Columbus, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Medical Center lowest Lancaster, OH · (740) 687-8000 PET CT Axumin Skull Base to Midthigh+1 more line at this price File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $1,380.60 | $3,068.00 | $1,240.91–$3,068.00 | 55% |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 722-2000 PET/CT, SKULL BASE TO MID-THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,087.00 | $3,430.00 | $2,229.50–$3,361.40 | 10% |
| Berger Hospital Circleville, OH · (740) 420-8008 Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,102.15 | $6,311.00 | — | 35% |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH · (614) 546-4034 HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Subsequent+1 more line at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $4,274.40 | $6,576.00 | $632.00–$6,576.00 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel Dublin Dublin, OH · (380) 898-9000 HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Initial+1 more line at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $4,274.40 | $6,576.00 | $1,212.09–$6,576.00 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH · (614) 234-5000 HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Initial+1 more line at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $4,274.40 | $6,576.00 | $632.00–$6,576.00 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OH HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Initial+1 more line at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $4,274.40 | $6,576.00 | $632.00–$6,576.00 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH · (614) 546-4034 HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Initial File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $4,964.02 | — | $632.00–$5,143.23 | — |
| Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OH HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Initial File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $4,964.02 | — | $632.00–$5,143.23 | — |
| Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH · (614) 234-5000 HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Initial File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $4,964.02 | — | $632.00–$5,143.23 | — |
| Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,977.05 | $7,657.00 | — | 35% |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH · (614) 544-8000 Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,977.05 | $7,657.00 | — | 35% |
| Pickerington Methodist Hospital Pickerington, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,977.05 | $7,657.00 | — | 35% |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 566-5000 Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,977.05 | $7,657.00 | — | 35% |
| Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH · (614) 566-9164 Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,977.05 | $7,657.00 | — | 35% |
| Grove City Methodist Grove City, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,977.05 | $7,657.00 | — | 35% |
| Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware, OH · (740) 368-5145 Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,390.45 | $8,293.00 | — | 35% |
| Morrow County Hospital Mount Gilead, OH · (419) 946-5015 Nuclear medicine study from skull base to mid-thigh with CT scan File of Oct 22, 2025 · source file | $8,021.39 | $12,340.60 | $1,438.39–$11,970.38 | 35% |
| Galion Community Hospital Galion, OH · (419) 468-4841 HC PET CT SKULL BASE TO MID-THIGH File of Mar 20, 2026 · source file | $8,145.55 | $9,583.00 | $3,258.22–$8,816.36 | 15% |
| Licking Memorial Hospital Newark, OH · (740) 348-4000 HC Pet Image W/CT Skull-Thigh - Pt/CT Bone Skull Base to Mid Thigh File of Mar 16, 2026 · source file | $12,080.75 | $12,080.75 | $1,351.19–$12,080.75 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $1,380.60, median $4,977.05, highest $12,080.75 — a 8.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $4,977.05. 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 8 of 9 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 PET/CT scan is, what the price covers and why prices differ: PET/CT scan explained.