Scans and imaging CPT 78815 Maryland Outpatient

PET/CT scan cost in Maryland

In Maryland, 3 hospitals publish a cash price for PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh: from $3,896.89 to $5,853.00, with a median of $4,548.47. 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 78815. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$3,896.89Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Median$4,548.47half pay less
Highest$5,853.00in Maryland
Lowest saves$651.58vs the median

Hospitals in Maryland, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
Greater Baltimore Medical Center lowest Towson · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD HC Pet Scan Tumor Img Metabol $3,896.89 $3,976.42 —
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Mercy Medical Center Baltimore · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD HC PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH $4,548.47 $4,641.30 —
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Atlantic General Hospital Berlin · Ocean Pines, MD Positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; skull base to mid-thigh $5,853.00 $5,853.00 —
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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 $3,896.89 $4,222.68
Ocean Pines, MD 1 $5,853.00 $5,853.00

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.

PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.