Scans and imaging CPT 70450 Iowa Outpatient

Head CT scan cost in Iowa

In Iowa, 89 hospitals publish a cash price for CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye: from $542.70 to $3,530.00, with a median of $1,367.83. The lowest price is at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital (Council Bluffs). The highest price is 6.5× the lowest.

  • The median here, $1,367.83, is 14% above the US median of $1,200.00.
  • That is 12.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($106.81).
  • Iowa ranks 38th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 10 of 89 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 70450. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 7, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$542.70Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Median$1,367.83half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,530.00in Iowa
Lowest saves$825.13vs the median

Hospitals in Iowa, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital lowest Council Bluffs · Omaha, NE-IA CT Exam $542.70 $1,809.00 Feb 15, 2026
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CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs · Omaha, NE-IA HC CT HEAD WO CONTRAST $689.72 $1,604.00 Sep 30, 2026
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Van Diest Medical Center Webster City · Webster City, IA CT Head or Brain w/o Contrast $727.20 $909.00 Feb 5, 2026
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St Lukes Regional Medical Center Sioux City · Sioux City, IA-NE-SD HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $764.92 $956.14 Nov 4, 2026
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Floyd County Memorial Hospital Commission Charles City · Charles City, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $773.83 $1,934.58 Sep 30, 2026
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Dallas County Hospital Perry · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA CT HEAD W/O CONTRAST -PER PROTOCOL $835.00 $1,285.00 May 29, 2026
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Orange City Municipal Hospital Orange City · Orange City, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $837.60 $1,047.00 Sep 23, 2026
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Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer · Spencer, IA CT Head/Brain WO Contrast $859.50 $1,146.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Buena Vista Regional Medical Center Storm Lake · Storm Lake, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $864.80 $1,081.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Greene County Medical Center Jefferson · Jefferson, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $897.12 $1,602.00 Mar 26, 2026
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Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee · Cherokee, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $914.40 $1,016.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Humboldt County Memorial Hospital Humboldt · Humboldt, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $941.85 $1,046.50 Mar 30, 2026
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Lakes Regional Hospital Spirit Lake · Spirit Lake, IA $944.30 $994.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinic West Union · West Union, IA HCHG 70450 CT HEAD W/O IV CONT $963.47 $1,622.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Waverly Health Center Waverly · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $983.32 $1,891.00 Oct 19, 2026
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WinnMed Decorah · Decorah, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $989.10 $1,413.00 Oct 13, 2026
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The Finley Hospital Dubuque · Dubuque, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $989.99 $1,237.48 Nov 4, 2026
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Shelby County Chris A Myrtue Memorial Hospital Harlan · Harlan, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,024.28 $1,766.00 Apr 21, 2026
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Jefferson County Hospital Fairfield · Fairfield, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,030.80 $1,718.00 Aug 20, 2026
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Manning Regional Healthcare Center Manning · Carroll, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,038.84 $1,550.50 Oct 16, 2026
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Keokuk County Health Center Sigourney · Sigourney, IA CT HEAD W/WO $1,054.90 $1,507.00 Mar 16, 2026
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MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL CT Head w/o contrast $1,066.80 $1,778.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic · Atlantic, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,070.30 $1,529.00 Jun 1, 2026
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Veterans Memorial Hospital City of Waukon Ia Waukon · Waukon, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,084.14 $1,902.00 Oct 8, 2026
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Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Ct Head/Brain W/O Dye $1,087.00 $1,087.00 Sep 1, 2026
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Monroe County Hospital Albia · Albia, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,099.20 $1,832.00 Sep 9, 2026
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Virginia Gay Hospital Vinton · Cedar Rapids, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,105.60 $1,382.00 Aug 13, 2026
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Belmond Community Hospital Belmond · Belmond, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,139.40 $1,899.00 Apr 22, 2026
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Washington County Hospital Washington · Iowa City, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,150.50 $1,534.00 Oct 20, 2026
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Shenandoah Medical Center Shenandoah · Shenandoah, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,188.85 $1,829.00 Sep 21, 2026
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MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL CT Head Stroke Alert $1,198.80 $1,998.00 Mar 31, 2026
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MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center Dewitt · Clinton, IA CT Viewpoint Head wo Contrast $1,198.80 $1,998.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Alegent Health - Mercy Hospital, Corning Iowa Corning · Corning, IA HC CT HEAD WO CONTRAST $1,209.60 $2,688.00 Sep 30, 2026
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Regional Medical Center Manchester · Manchester, IA CT HEAD/BRAIN W/O DYE $1,219.20 $1,524.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Sioux Center Health Sioux Center · Sioux Center, IA $1,255.18 $1,294.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Iowa Specialty Hospital-Clarion Clarion · Clarion, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,266.00 $2,110.00 Jun 11, 2026
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Hawarden Regional Healthcare Harwarden · Harwarden, IA CT head wo $1,285.20 $1,512.00 Apr 24, 2026
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Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center Sumner · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,291.68 $1,614.61 Jun 18, 2026
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MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast $1,295.45 $1,993.00 Mar 31, 2026
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,314.73 $1,643.41 Jan 28, 2026
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Allen Hospital Waterloo · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,340.76 $1,675.94 Nov 4, 2026
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UnityPoint Health Marshalltown Marshalltown · Marshalltown, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,340.76 $1,675.94 Nov 4, 2026
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Grundy County Memorial Hospital Grundy Center · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,340.80 $1,676.00 Jun 29, 2026
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Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley · Omaha, NE-IA HC CT HEAD WO CONTRAST $1,344.00 $2,688.00 Sep 30, 2026
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Boone County Hospital Boone · Ames, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,367.83 $1,709.79 Jul 27, 2026
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Mercy Medical Center - New Hampton New Hampton · New Hampton, IA HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast $1,368.25 $2,105.00 Mar 31, 2026
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MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville · Dubuque, IA HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast $1,368.25 $2,105.00 Mar 31, 2026
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MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader · Elkader, IA HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast $1,368.25 $2,105.00 Mar 31, 2026
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MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast $1,368.25 $2,105.00 Mar 31, 2026
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MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein · Oelwein, IA HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast $1,368.25 $2,105.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell · Grinnell, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,384.28 $1,730.35 Nov 4, 2026
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Audubon County Memorial Hospital Audubon · Audubon, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,400.00 $1,400.00 Sep 14, 2026
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Clarinda Regional Health Center Clarinda · Clarinda, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,411.50 $1,882.00 Oct 23, 2026
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MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque · Dubuque, IA HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast $1,438.45 $2,213.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Decatur County Hospital Leon · Leon, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,440.80 $1,801.00 Mar 4, 2026
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Van Buren County Hospital Keosauqua · Keosauqua, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,460.90 $2,087.00 Jul 20, 2026
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Hancock County Health System Britt · Britt, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,479.75 $1,973.00 Oct 20, 2026
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Madison County Memorial Hospital Winterset · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,494.40 $1,868.00 Oct 21, 2026
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Kossuth Regional Health Center Algona · Algona, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,499.20 $1,874.00 Jul 16, 2026
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Loring Hospital Sac City · Sac City, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,514.40 $1,893.00 Aug 25, 2026
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Rawford County Memorial Hospital Denison · Denison, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,539.20 $1,924.00 Jul 27, 2026
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Stewart Memorial Community Hospital Lake City · Lake City, IA CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,543.00 $1,929.00 Oct 8, 2024
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Hansen Family Hospital Iowa Falls · Iowa Falls, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,546.00 $1,546.00 Jul 10, 2026
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Adair County Memorial Hospital Greenfield · Greenfield, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,552.50 $2,070.00 Sep 2, 2026
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Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge · Fort Dodge, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,567.03 $1,958.78 Nov 4, 2026
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MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City · Mason City, IA HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast $1,578.85 $2,429.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Story County Hospital Nevada · Ames, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,582.40 $1,978.00 Mar 30, 2026
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Guthrie County Hospital Guthrie Center · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,587.00 $1,587.00 Sep 26, 2026
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MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast $1,609.40 $2,476.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Sartori Memorial Hospital Cedar Falls · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast $1,609.40 $2,476.00 Mar 31, 2026
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MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton · Clinton, IA HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast $1,633.45 $2,513.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Palo Alto County Hospital Emmetsburg · Emmetsburg, IA Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material $1,650.00 $2,200.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Pocahontas Community Hospital Pocahontas · Pocahontas, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,656.00 $1,656.00 Mar 29, 2026
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Trinity - Bettendorf Bettendorf · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,756.21 $2,195.26 Nov 4, 2026
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Unity Healthcare Muscatine · Muscatine, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,756.21 $2,195.26 Nov 4, 2026
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Franklin General Hospital Hampton · Hampton, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,777.50 $1,975.00 Nov 3, 2026
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UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa · Cedar Rapids, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,783.02 $2,228.77 Jan 28, 2026
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Wayne County Hospital Corydon · Corydon, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $1,847.00 $1,847.00 Jun 10, 2026
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Guttenberg Municipal Hospital Guttenberg · Guttenberg, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $1,851.20 $2,314.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Sanford Sheldon Medical Center Sheldon · Sheldon, IA CT HEAD WO CONTRAST $1,913.60 $2,392.00 Mar 4, 2026
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Jackson County Regional Health Center Maquoketa · Maquoketa, IA CT HEAD STROKE ALERT $1,994.00 $1,994.00 Aug 11, 2026
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University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down Iowa City · Iowa City, IA HB CT BRAIN, WITHOUT CONTRAST $2,018.10 $2,883.00 Mar 11, 2026
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University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City · Iowa City, IA HB CT BRAIN, WITHOUT CONTRAST $2,018.10 $2,883.00 Mar 11, 2026
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MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville · Centerville, IA HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast $2,105.00 $2,105.00 Mar 31, 2026
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St Anthony Regional Hospital and Nursing Home Carroll · Carroll, IA CT scan head or brain without contrast $2,120.00 $2,120.00 Nov 3, 2026
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UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medical Des Moines · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST $2,219.63 $2,774.53 Nov 4, 2026
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Avera Holy Family Hospital Estherville · Estherville, IA $2,554.98 $2,634.00 —
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Avera Merrill Pioneer Rock Rapids · Rock Rapids, IA $3,006.03 $3,099.00 —
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MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast $3,530.00 $3,530.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
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By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 8 $835.00 $1,431.32
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 6 $983.32 $1,340.78
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 3 $1,066.80 $1,198.80
Dubuque, IA 3 $989.99 $1,368.25
Iowa City, IA 3 $1,150.50 $2,018.10
Omaha, NE-IA 3 $542.70 $689.72
Ames, IA 2 $1,367.83 $1,475.12
Carroll, IA 2 $1,038.84 $1,579.42
Cedar Rapids, IA 2 $1,105.60 $1,444.31
Clinton, IA 2 $1,198.80 $1,416.12
Albia, IA 1 $1,099.20 $1,099.20
Algona, IA 1 $1,499.20 $1,499.20
Atlantic, IA 1 $1,070.30 $1,070.30
Audubon, IA 1 $1,400.00 $1,400.00
Belmond, IA 1 $1,139.40 $1,139.40
Britt, IA 1 $1,479.75 $1,479.75
Cedar Rapids, IA 1 $1,314.73 $1,314.73
Centerville, IA 1 $2,105.00 $2,105.00
Charles City, IA 1 $773.83 $773.83
Cherokee, IA 1 $914.40 $914.40
Clarinda, IA 1 $1,411.50 $1,411.50
Clarion, IA 1 $1,266.00 $1,266.00
Corning, IA 1 $1,209.60 $1,209.60
Corydon, IA 1 $1,847.00 $1,847.00
Decorah, IA 1 $989.10 $989.10
Denison, IA 1 $1,539.20 $1,539.20
Elkader, IA 1 $1,368.25 $1,368.25
Emmetsburg, IA 1 $1,650.00 $1,650.00
Estherville, IA 1 $2,554.98 $2,554.98
Fairfield, IA 1 $1,030.80 $1,030.80
Fort Dodge, IA 1 $1,567.03 $1,567.03
Greenfield, IA 1 $1,552.50 $1,552.50
Grinnell, IA 1 $1,384.28 $1,384.28
Guttenberg, IA 1 $1,851.20 $1,851.20
Hampton, IA 1 $1,777.50 $1,777.50
Harlan, IA 1 $1,024.28 $1,024.28
Harwarden, IA 1 $1,285.20 $1,285.20
Humboldt, IA 1 $941.85 $941.85
Iowa Falls, IA 1 $1,546.00 $1,546.00
Jefferson, IA 1 $897.12 $897.12
Keosauqua, IA 1 $1,460.90 $1,460.90
Lake City, IA 1 $1,543.00 $1,543.00
Leon, IA 1 $1,440.80 $1,440.80
Manchester, IA 1 $1,219.20 $1,219.20
Maquoketa, IA 1 $1,994.00 $1,994.00
Marshalltown, IA 1 $1,340.76 $1,340.76
Mason City, IA 1 $1,578.85 $1,578.85
Muscatine, IA 1 $1,756.21 $1,756.21
New Hampton, IA 1 $1,368.25 $1,368.25
Oelwein, IA 1 $1,368.25 $1,368.25
Orange City, IA 1 $837.60 $837.60
Pocahontas, IA 1 $1,656.00 $1,656.00
Rock Rapids, IA 1 $3,006.03 $3,006.03
Sac City, IA 1 $1,514.40 $1,514.40
Sheldon, IA 1 $1,913.60 $1,913.60
Shenandoah, IA 1 $1,188.85 $1,188.85
Sigourney, IA 1 $1,054.90 $1,054.90
Sioux Center, IA 1 $1,255.18 $1,255.18
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 1 $764.92 $764.92
Spencer, IA 1 $859.50 $859.50
Spirit Lake, IA 1 $944.30 $944.30
Storm Lake, IA 1 $864.80 $864.80
Waukon, IA 1 $1,084.14 $1,084.14
Webster City, IA 1 $727.20 $727.20
West Union, IA 1 $963.47 $963.47
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What head CT scan is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Head CT scan explained.

CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.