Scans and imaging CPT 78815 Outpatient

PET/CT scan cost in Massena, NY

In Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh: from $4,507.28 to $5,249.61, with a median of $4,878.45. The lowest listed price is at Canton-Potsdam Hospital — $371.17 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $3,855.10 at 43 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$4,507.28Canton-Potsdam Hospital
Median$4,878.45half pay less
Highest$5,249.61in 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 Massena-Ogdensburg, NY.

median
Lowest $4,507.28Highest $5,249.61

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Canton-Potsdam Hospital lowest Potsdam, NY · (315) 265-3300 HC PET W_CT_ SKULL BASE TO MID_THIGH $4,507.28 $6,934.27 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Slhs Massena Massena, NY · (315) 769-4234 HC PET W_CT_ SKULL BASE TO MID_THIGH $5,249.61 $8,076.33 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $4,507.28, median $4,878.45, highest $5,249.61 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $4,878.45. 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.