Scans and imaging CPT 70496 New Mexico Outpatient

Head CT angiogram (CTA) cost in New Mexico

In New Mexico, 20 hospitals publish a cash price for CT angiography (CTA) of the head: from $255.15 to $3,857.33, with a median of $1,730.10. The lowest price is at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center (Roswell). The highest price is 15.1× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 70496. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$255.15Eastern New Mexico Medical Center

Median$1,730.10half of hospitals charge less

Highest$3,857.33in New Mexico

Lowest saves$1,474.95vs the median

Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center lowest Roswell · Roswell, NM CTA Head	$255.15	$1,215.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Covenant Hospital Hobbs Hobbs · Hobbs, NM HC CT ANGIOGRAPHY HEAD W CONTRAST	$614.46	$1,463.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup · Gallup, NM 70496 Add-on	$629.00	$2,098.00	— source file
Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell Roswell · Roswell, NM CT scan of blood vessels of head with contrast	$1,217.70	$4,059.00	— source file
Mountain View Regional Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM CTA-HEAD	$1,302.75	$4,825.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Carlsbad Medical Center Carlsbad · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM CTA-HEAD	$1,475.20	$14,752.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM CT SCAN OF BLOOD VESSELS OF HEAD WITH CONTRAST	$1,498.06	$2,723.75	— source file
Sierra Vista Hospital Truth Or Consequences · Truth Or Consequences, NM CT ANGIO BRAIN HEAD	$1,588.13	$2,117.50	— source file
Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM CT scan of blood vessels of head with contrast	$1,697.70	$5,659.00	— source file
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM CT scan of blood vessels of head with contrast	$1,730.10	$5,767.00	— source file
Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM CT scan of blood vessels of head with contrast	$1,730.10	$5,767.00	— source file
Lovelace UNM Rehabilition Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM CT scan of blood vessels of head with contrast	$1,812.30	$6,041.00	— source file
San Juan Regional Medical Center Farmington · Farmington, NM CT scan of blood vessels of head with contrast	$1,973.50	$3,947.00	Jun 9, 2026 source file
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos · Taos, NM CTA HEAD/BRAIN W/WO CONTRAST	$2,131.20	$2,664.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Mimbres Valley Medical Center Deming · Deming, NM CT scan of blood vessels of head with contrast	$2,322.23	$4,644.46	Sep 17, 2026 source file
Artesia General Hospital Artesia · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM CTA HEAD	$2,452.20	$4,087.00	Feb 20, 2026 source file
Alta Vista Regional Hospital Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NM CT ANGIOGRAPHY HEAD	$2,655.83	$5,311.66	Apr 16, 2026 source file
Cibola General Hospital Grants · Grants, NM CT ANGIO BRAIN/HEAD	$2,944.15	$3,680.19	— source file
Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Computed tomographic angiography, head, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing	$3,708.98	$6,181.63	— source file
Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos · Albuquerque, NM Computed tomographic angiography, head, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing	$3,857.33	$6,428.89	— source file

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.

By metro area

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

Metro area	Hospitals	Lowest	Median
Albuquerque, NM	6	$1,498.06	$1,730.10
Carlsbad-Artesia, NM	2	$1,475.20	$1,963.70
Las Cruces, NM	2	$1,302.75	$2,505.86
Roswell, NM	2	$255.15	$736.42
Deming, NM	1	$2,322.23	$2,322.23
Farmington, NM	1	$1,973.50	$1,973.50
Grants, NM	1	$2,944.15	$2,944.15
Gallup, NM	1	$629.00	$629.00
Hobbs, NM	1	$614.46	$614.46
Las Vegas, NM	1	$2,655.83	$2,655.83
Truth Or Consequences, NM	1	$1,588.13	$1,588.13
Taos, NM	1	$2,131.20	$2,131.20

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 it is

A head CTA uses contrast dye and fast CT scanning to show the blood vessels of the brain. It is used in suspected stroke, for aneurysms and for sudden severe headache.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan and any contrast dye. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.

CT angiography (CTA) of the head in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.