The median cash price for CT Scan of the Head (without contrast) is $1,138, based on the stated self-pay prices 39 hospitals publish in their federal price-transparency files. Across all 41 hospitals we cover, prices run $72.03–$4,336.56.
| Hospital | Cash price | Gross charge | File dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI |
$25.56 est. | — | 2025-06-28 |
| MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Baltimore, MD |
$72.03 cash | $73.50 | 2026-04-01 |
| Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA |
$105.54 est. | — | 2026-04-13 |
| HMH Hospitals Corporation (Hackensack) Hackensack, NJ |
$117.70 cash | $2,504 | 2025-12-31 |
| University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor, MI |
$118.40 cash | $296 | 3/31/2026 |
| Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Cleveland, OH |
$243.10 cash | $374 | 2026-06-16 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ |
$271.54 cash | $1,626 | 2026-03-02 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth) Lebanon, NH |
$294.68 cash | $963 | 1/1/2026 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ |
$441.81 cash | $2,085 | 2026-03-04 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC |
$452.25 cash | $1,675 | 04/01/2026 |
| NYU Langone Tisch Hospital New York, NY |
$626.51 cash | $3,297.40 | 2026-01-01 |
| UC Irvine Medical Center Orange, CA |
$821.60 cash | $2,054 | 2026-04-01 |
| Scripps Green Hospital San Diego, CA |
$864.40 cash | $3,457.62 | 2026-03-30 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla San Diego, CA |
$864.40 cash | $3,457.62 | 2026-03-30 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA |
$946.50 cash | $1,262 | 2026-04-01 |
| WVU Hospitals Morgantown, WV |
$982.50 cash | $1,965 | 3/30/2026 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA |
$986.40 cash | $3,288 | 2026-04-01 |
| OHSU Hospital Portland, OR |
$999.05 cash | $1,537 | 2026-03-23 |
| Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee, WI |
$1,014.20 cash | $1,844 | 2025-12-31 |
| Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX |
$1,026.88 cash | $3,209 | 2026-04-01 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX |
$1,120 cash | $2,240 | 2026-04-01 |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital (Wake Forest) Winston-Salem, NC |
$1,138 cash | $2,276 | 2025-10-08 |
| University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, OH |
$1,185.75 cash | $1,581 | 2025-05-16 |
| Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY |
$1,222.98 cash | $1,870 | 2026-04-01 |
| Dignity Health St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ |
$1,268.63 cash | $3,321 | 2026-02-28 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL |
$1,296.75 cash | $3,705 | 2026-04-01 |
| Brigham and Womens Hospital Boston, MA |
$1,371 cash | $1,828 | 2026-03-27 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA |
$1,371 cash | $1,828 | 2026-03-27 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX |
$1,765.88 cash | $2,943.14 | 2026-02-18 |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Chicago, IL |
$1,911.70 cash | $2,731 | 4/1/2026 |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX |
$2,278.67 cash | $3,401 | 2026-03-05 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA |
$2,394.50 cash | $2,394.50 | 03/31/2026 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY |
$2,454 cash | $2,454 | 2025-12-01 |
| University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL |
$2,610 cash | $2,610 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Oakland, CA |
$2,682.40 cash | $4,790 | 4/1/2026 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center San Diego, CA |
$2,785.50 cash | $3,714 | 04/01/2026 |
| Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA |
$3,110.80 cash | $7,777 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK |
$3,366.48 cash | $4,316 | 2026-04-01 |
| OSF HealthCare Peoria, IL |
$3,491.40 cash | $5,819 | 2026-03-31 |
| Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$3,957 cash | $3,957 | 2026-02-10 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA |
$4,336.56 cash | $6,671.63 | 2025-11-26 |
"Cash price" = the hospital's published discounted_cash self-pay rate. "Gross charge" = the sticker price before any discount — what cash-pay patients are first billed and can negotiate down toward the cash rate.
If you're paying cash for CT Scan of the Head (without contrast), the hospital's published self-pay price is a ceiling you can negotiate from, not a fixed quote. Bring the figure above (and the source file) to billing and ask for the cash / prompt-pay rate. Free-standing imaging centers and ASCs are often well below hospital outpatient rates.