PET/CT scan cost in Winston-Salem, NC
In Winston-Salem, NC, 3 hospitals list a cash price for PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh: from $3,357.00 to $3,621.00, with a median of $3,542.00. The lowest listed price is at North Carolina Baptist Hospital — $185.00 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $3,975.50 at 33 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 78815, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 8, 2025 and Oct 21, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Winston-Salem, NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital lowest Bermuda Run, NC HC PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH | $3,357.00 | $6,714.00 | $1,329.37–$6,042.60 | 50% | Oct 21, 2025 source file |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC HC PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH | $3,542.00 | $7,084.00 | $1,402.63–$6,375.60 | 50% | Oct 8, 2025 source file |
| Lexington Medical Center Lexington, NC HC PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH | $3,621.00 | $7,242.00 | $1,364.39–$6,691.61 | 50% | Oct 8, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $3,357.00, median $3,542.00, highest $3,621.00 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $3,542.00. 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 3 of 3 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.