PET/CT scan cost in New York, NY — inpatient
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 21 hospitals list a cash price for PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh as an inpatient: from $625.00 to $7,290.00, with a median of $2,060.33. The lowest listed price is at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases and 3 other hospitals — $1,435.33 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $3,855.10 at 43 hospitals.
Cash prices at 21 facilities across 15 cities for code 78815, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 1, 2025 and Aug 13, 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Middletown, NJ Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $625.00 | $625.00 | $312.50–$4,932.23 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Floor Hauppauge, NY Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $625.00 | $625.00 | $384.71–$4,932.23 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Floor Hauppauge, NY Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh | $625.00 | $625.00 | $450.00–$7,779.57 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Montvale, NJ Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $625.00 | $625.00 | $312.50–$4,932.23 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Montvale, NJ Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh | $625.00 | $625.00 | $312.50–$7,779.57 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Middletown, NJ Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh | $625.00 | $625.00 | $312.50–$7,779.57 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Brooklyn, NY Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh | $625.00 | $625.00 | $450.00–$7,779.57 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Brooklyn, NY Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $625.00 | $625.00 | $378.82–$4,932.23 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Hmh Hospitals Neptune City, NJ PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH | $1,614.45 | $10,120.00 | $1,679.92–$10,120.00 | 84% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| University Hospital Newark, NJ · (973) 972-4300 PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH | $1,916.44 | $7,815.48 | $1,099.88–$7,424.71 | 75% | Aug 13, 2026 source file |
| Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ · (973) 831-5000 Pet CT Neck to Thigh | $1,946.30 | $20,654.00 | — | 91% | — source file |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · (973) 971-5450 Pet CT Neck to Thigh | $1,946.30 | $14,614.00 | — | 87% | — source file |
| Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ · (908) 522-2000 Pet CT Neck to Thigh | $1,946.30 | $10,950.00 | — | 82% | — source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn, NY HC PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH | $2,060.33 | $10,843.83 | $108.44–$25,798.00 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH | $2,060.33 | $10,843.83 | $108.44–$25,798.00 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH | $2,060.33 | $10,843.83 | $108.44–$25,798.00 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 PET-CT Ga68 DOT SKULL-THIGH SU | $3,340.80 | $5,568.00 | $1,246.12–$4,176.00 | 40% | — source file |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 PET-CT Ga68 DOT SKULL-THIGH IN | $3,340.80 | $5,568.00 | $1,246.12–$4,176.00 | 40% | — source file |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 PET-CTSKUL BASE/THGHSUBS ONC | $3,340.80 | $5,568.00 | $1,246.12–$4,176.00 | 40% | — source file |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 PET-CTSKULBASE/THIG INIT ONC | $3,340.80 | $5,568.00 | $1,246.12–$4,176.00 | 40% | — source file |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 PET-CT NETSPOT WHOLE BODY | $3,340.80 | $5,568.00 | $1,246.12–$4,176.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Englewood Health Englewood, NJ · (201) 894-3000 Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh | $3,536.50 | $35,365.00 | $2,585.18–$28,292.00 | 90% | Feb 2, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola, NY HC PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH | $3,712.47 | $19,539.30 | $108.44–$25,798.00 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital?Suffolk Patchogue, NY HC PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH | $3,712.47 | $19,539.30 | $108.44–$25,798.00 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 PET-CT Cu64 DOT SKULL-THIGH SU | $5,489.40 | $9,149.00 | $1,264.67–$6,861.75 | 40% | — source file |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 PET-CT Cu64 DOT SKULL-THIGH IN | $5,489.40 | $9,149.00 | $1,264.67–$6,861.75 | 40% | — source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 PET/CT SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $7,150.00 | $7,150.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY HC Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh | $7,290.00 | $8,100.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh | $7,290.00 | $8,100.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York, NY HC Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh | $7,290.00 | $8,100.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh | $7,290.00 | $8,100.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 HC Pet Imaging CT Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh | $7,290.00 | $8,100.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $625.00, median $2,060.33, highest $7,290.00 — a 11.7× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 42 facilities here, median $1,726.04 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 12 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.
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.
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NYTUMOR IMAGING PET WITH CT SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $310.00 | file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NYTUMOR IMAGING PET WITH CT SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $310.00 | file |