PET/CT scan cost in Columbus, OH
In Columbus, OH, 14 hospitals list a cash price for PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh: from $3,087.00 to $8,021.39, with a median of $4,977.05. The lowest listed price is at Nationwide Children's Hospital — $1,890.05 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 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 | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide Children's Hospital lowest Columbus, OH PET/CT, SKULL BASE TO MID-THIGH | $3,087.00 | $3,430.00 | $2,229.50–$3,361.40 | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Berger Hospital Circleville, OH Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh | $4,102.15 | $6,311.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Initial | $4,274.40 | $6,576.00 | $632.00–$6,576.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Subsequent | $4,274.40 | $6,576.00 | $632.00–$6,576.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OH HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Initial | $4,274.40 | $6,576.00 | $632.00–$6,576.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OH HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Subsequent | $4,274.40 | $6,576.00 | $632.00–$6,576.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel Dublin Dublin, OH HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Initial | $4,274.40 | $6,576.00 | $1,212.09–$6,576.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel Dublin Dublin, OH HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Subsequent | $4,274.40 | $6,576.00 | $1,212.09–$6,576.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Initial | $4,274.40 | $6,576.00 | $632.00–$6,576.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Subsequent | $4,274.40 | $6,576.00 | $632.00–$6,576.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Initial | $4,964.02 | — | $632.00–$5,143.23 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Initial | $4,964.02 | — | $632.00–$5,143.23 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OH HC Pet CT Skull-Mid Thgh Initial | $4,964.02 | — | $632.00–$5,143.23 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Grove City Methodist Grove City, OH Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh | $4,977.05 | $7,657.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pickerington Methodist Hospital Pickerington, OH Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh | $4,977.05 | $7,657.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh | $4,977.05 | $7,657.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh | $4,977.05 | $7,657.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh | $4,977.05 | $7,657.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh | $4,977.05 | $7,657.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware, OH Hc Pet Imaging W Ct Skull Base To Mid Thigh | $5,390.45 | $8,293.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Morrow County Hospital Mount Gilead, OH Nuclear medicine study from skull base to mid-thigh with CT scan | $8,021.39 | $12,340.60 | $1,438.39–$11,970.38 | 35% | Oct 22, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $3,087.00, median $4,977.05, highest $8,021.39 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 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 6 of 6 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.