Columbus → CT scan of the head
CT scan of the head in Columbus
Across 6 of 13 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $835 to $978 — 1.2× the price for the same billing code.
For scale: Medicare pays hospitals about $107 for this as an outpatient service — the 2026 national rate, before local wage adjustment.
| Hospital | Self-pay price | List price | Insurers pay | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide Children's Hospital nationwidechildrens.org · Columbus | $181–$1,035 varies | $1,150 | $46–$1,127 | C |
| Grant Medical Center OhioHealth · Columbus | $835 | $1,285 | $101 | C |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital OhioHealth · Columbus | $835 | $1,285 | $101 | C |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital OhioHealth · Dublin | $835 | $1,285 | $101 | C |
| Doctors Hospital OhioHealth · Columbus | $835 | $1,285 | $103 | C |
| Mount Carmel East mountcarmelhealth.com · Columbus | $978–$80,982 varies | $1,505 | $87–$94,012 | C |
| Mount Carmel Grove City Mount Carmel Health System (Trinity Health) · Grove City | $978–$8,056 varies | $1,505 | $87–$6,061 | C |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital mountcarmelhealth.com · New Albany | $978 | $1,505 | $89–$1,505 | C |
| Diley Ridge Medical Center mountcarmelhealth.com · Canal Winchester | $978–$4,207 varies | $1,505 | $89–$1,505 | C |
| Mount Carmel Dublin mountcarmelhealth.com · Dublin | $978 | $1,505 | $89–$1,505 | C |
| Mount Carmel St. Ann's mountcarmelhealth.com · Westerville | $978–$4,207 varies | $1,505 | $89–$1,505 | C |
| Ohio State University Hospitals wexnermedical.osu.edu · Columbus | not published | $2,064 | $1–$2,064 | F |
| James Cancer Hospital OSU Wexner Medical Center · Columbus | not published | $2,064 | $452–$2,180 | F |
What these three numbers mean
Self-pay price is what the hospital says it charges someone paying directly. It is the number to ask for by name. List price is the undiscounted charge almost nobody pays. Insurers pay is the range of procedure-specific negotiated rates in the file — useful mainly to see whether the self-pay price is above or below what insurers get.
Some hospitals attach one flat rate to nearly their whole price list. Those are excluded here, because a number identical for a colonoscopy and a blood test says nothing about either. More on that →
Billing code CPT 70450 —
CT head without contrast. Every price on this page is read from the hospital's
own published file; open a hospital to see which file and when it was read.