How much does ct scan head or brain without contrast cost in Iowa?

Cash prices for ct scan head or brain without contrast (CPT 70450) in Iowa range from $95.19 to $3,530, with a median of $1,285. Prices vary widely by hospital.

Where can I find the cheapest ct scan head or brain without contrast in Iowa?

The cheapest Iowa hospital published cash price for this procedure is $95.19. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.

Are these the prices I'll pay?

These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.

Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?

Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.

Where does this data come from?

Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.

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CT Scan Head or Brain without Contrast Cost in Iowa

What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 64 Iowa hospitals. CPT 70450. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.

📊 Median $1,285 📉 Low $95.19 📈 High $3,530 🏥 64 hospitals 🏛️ 51 with insurance contracts 🇺🇸 Medicare $98.81

Hospital comparison — Iowa

Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 64 hospitals.

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Hospital	Cash	UHC	Humana	Aetna	BCBS	Molina	Cigna	MultiPlan	Centene
GREATER REGIONAL HEALTH W TOWNLINE ST CRESTON	$95.19	$59.00	$64.00	$63.00	$64.00	$59.00	$89.00	—	—
UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL CEDAR RAPIDS	$101	$39.10	$39.10	$37.24	$37.98	$37.98	$78.54	—	—
UNITYPOINT HEALTH MARSHALLTOWN MARSHALLTOWN	$101	$39.10	$39.10	$37.24	$37.98	$37.98	$78.54	—	—
UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FORT DODGE	$101	$39.10	$39.10	$37.24	$37.98	—	$78.54	—	—
UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY BETTENDORF	$101	$39.10	$39.10	$37.24	$37.98	—	$78.54	—	$37.24
UNITYPOINT HEALTH GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER GRINNELL	$101	$39.10	$39.10	$37.24	$37.98	$37.98	$78.54	—	—
UNITYPOINT HEALTH ALLEN HOSPITAL WATERLOO	$101	$39.10	$39.10	$37.24	$37.98	$37.98	$78.54	—	—
UNITYPOINT HEALTH IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL DES MOINES	$101	$39.10	$39.10	$37.24	$37.98	$37.98	$78.54	—	—
UNITYPOINT HEALTH JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ANAMOSA	$101	$39.10	$37.24	$37.24	$37.98	—	$78.54	—	—
UNITYPOINT HEALTHCARE FINLEY HOSPITAL DUBUQUE	$101	$39.10	$39.10	$37.24	$37.98	$37.98	$78.54	—	—
UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S SIOUX CITY	$101	$39.10	$39.10	$37.24	$37.98	$37.98	$78.54	—	—
UNITYPOINT HEALTH BLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DES MOINES	$101	$39.10	$39.10	$37.24	$37.98	$37.98	$78.54	—	—
UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY MUSCATINE MUSCATINE	$101	$39.10	$39.10	$37.24	$37.24	—	$78.54	—	$37.24
FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL LE MARS	$109	$78.68	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
HEGG HEALTH CENTER ROCK VALLEY	$163	$78.68	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
SIOUX CENTER HEALTH AVERA SIOUX CENTER	$206	$78.68	—	—	$82.21	—	—	—	—
RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL MT AYR	$350	—	$57.00	$57.00	—	—	—	—	—
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS COUNCIL BLUFFS	$674	$104	$104	—	$104	$103	—	$1,139	$101
DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL PERRY	$835	$591	$579	$579	—	$655	—	—	—
SPENCER HOSPITAL SPENCER	$860	—	—	—	—	$1.00	—	—	—
BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER TH ST STORM LAKE	$865	$53.00	$53.00	$53.00	$53.00	—	$90.00	—	$53.00
GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON	$897	$69.00	$95.00	$100	—	$52.00	—	—	$52.00
CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CHEROKEE	$914	$53.00	$53.00	$53.00	$53.00	$55.00	$100	—	—
HUMBOLDT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HUMBOLDT	$942	$96.00	$77.84	$71.00	$77.84	$77.84	$75.00	$75.00	—
LAKES REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SPIRIT LAKE	$944	$76.20	—	—	$68.18	—	—	—	—
BURGESS HEALTH CENTER ONAWA	$1,063	$100	$100	$100	$100	—	—	—	—
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES	$1,087	$128	—	$128	—	—	$102	—	—
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER	$1,219	$37.70	—	$34.34	—	—	$88.03	$95.00	—
CLARKE COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL OSCEOLA	$1,220	$42.83	$42.83	$42.83	$42.83	$40.74	$1,439	—	—
CHI HEALTH MERCY CORNING CORNING	$1,229	$1,101	$1,101	—	$1,101	$1,145	—	$2,509	$1,123
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY MISSOURI VALLEY	$1,254	$896	$896	—	$1,335	$1,145	—	$2,509	$914
HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HARWARDEN	$1,285	$763	—	—	$763	—	—	—	—
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SUMNER	$1,292	$58.80	$1,615	$63.00	$49.00	$1,615	—	—	—
MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES	$1,295	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRUNDY CENTER	$1,341	$54.00	$54.00	$1,676	$54.00	$56.00	$95.00	—	—
MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER NEWTON	$1,368	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MERCYONE DYERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER DYERSVILLE	$1,368	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MERCYONE ELKADER MEDICAL CENTER ELKADER	$1,368	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MERCYONE OELWEIN MEDICAL CENTER OELWEIN	$1,368	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MERCYONE NEW HAMPTON NEW HAMPTON	$1,368	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER CHARITON	$1,422	$869	$869	$869	—	$1,106	—	—	—
MERCYONE DUBUQUE DUBUQUE	$1,438	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL EMMETSBURG	$1,460	$48.00	$100	—	$48.00	$60.00	—	—	—
LORING HOSPITAL SAC CITY	$1,514	$95.00	$100	$80.00	—	$1,893	$96.00	—	—
OTTUMWA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PENNSYLVANIA AVE OTTUMWA	$1,563	$103	$234	$112	$917	$103	—	—	—
MERCYONE NORTH IOWA MASON CITY	$1,579	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL NORTH NEVADA	$1,582	$61.00	$61.00	$61.00	$87.00	$1,978	—	—	—
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAKE CITY	$1,590	$52.00	$52.00	$50.00	—	$52.00	$66.00	$50.00	—
MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS MEDICAL CENTER CEDAR FALLS	$1,609	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MERCYONE WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTER WATERLOO	$1,609	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MERCYONE CLINTON CLINTON	$1,633	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
POCAHONTAS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL POCAHONTAS	$1,656	$96.00	$95.00	$60.00	$64.00	$50.00	$97.00	—	—
PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PELLA	$1,761	$240	$75.00	$669	$669	$616	—	$1,233	—
GUTTENBERG MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL GUTTENBERG	$1,851	$52.00	$52.00	$52.00	—	$52.52	—	—	—
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER INDEPENDENCE	$1,891	$38.00	$38.00	$38.00	$38.00	$38.00	$83.00	—	—
SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER SHELDON	$1,914	$739	—	$739	$739	—	—	$2,153	—
OSCEOLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER SIBLEY	$1,967	$85.30	—	—	$10.00	—	—	—	—
MERCYONE CENTERVILLE MEDICAL CENTER CENTERVILLE	$2,105	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY CRESCO	$2,247	$73.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
COMPASS MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE BOX 228	$2,268	$1,973	$1,701	$92.71	—	—	—	—	—

What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 70450, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $1,152 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.

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That is the median of what the 64 Iowa hospitals above publish for Ct scan head or brain without contrast — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.

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Medicare reimbursement benchmark

For CPT 70450 in Iowa, Medicare reimburses about $98.81 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Iowa range from $95.19 to $3,530 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 13.0x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.

Frequently asked questions

How much does ct scan head or brain without contrast cost in Iowa?: Cash prices for ct scan head or brain without contrast (CPT 70450) in Iowa range from $95.19 to $3,530, with a median of $1,285. Prices vary widely by hospital.
Where can I find the cheapest ct scan head or brain without contrast in Iowa?: The cheapest Iowa hospital published cash price for this procedure is $95.19. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
Are these the prices I'll pay?: These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?: Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
Where does this data come from?: Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.

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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Iowa facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 70450 (Imaging). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.