Scans and imaging CPT 70470 Maryland Outpatient

Head CT without and with contrast cost in Maryland

In Maryland, 4 hospitals publish a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast: from $164.37 to $246.24, with a median of $199.38. The lowest price is at Greater Baltimore Medical Center (Towson). The highest price is 1.5× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 70470. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$164.37Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Median$199.38half pay less
Highest$246.24in Maryland
Lowest saves$35.01vs the median

Hospitals in Maryland, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
Greater Baltimore Medical Center lowest Towson · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD HC CT Head - Ne/E $164.37 $167.72 —
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TidalHealth Peninsula Salisbury · Salisbury, MD HC C/T-HEAD SCAN W/WO CONTRAST $181.30 $185.00 —
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Atlantic General Hospital Berlin · Ocean Pines, MD Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections $217.45 $217.45 —
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Mercy Medical Center Baltimore · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD HC CT SCAN HEAD COMBO $246.24 $251.27 —
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By metro area

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

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 2 $164.37 $205.30
Ocean Pines, MD 1 $217.45 $217.45
Salisbury, MD 1 $181.30 $181.30

What it is

This head CT takes images first without contrast dye and then with it, to compare the two.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan and the contrast dye. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.

CT scan of the head without and with contrast in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.