Posted Price

CT scan of the head, without contrast at Northwestern Memorial Hospital

CPT 70450 · Chicago, IL

Cash price$2,474.50
Gross charge$3,535.00
Insurer rates$685.79 – $3,535.00

These are Northwestern Memorial Hospital's own posted figures from its standard-charges file dated April 1, 2026. They are not a quote. Source: the hospital's file · its price transparency page.

Across 38 Illinois hospitals we index that post a cash price for this service: lowest $111.00, median $1,251.57, highest $2,610.00. See every hospital.

Nearby hospitals, same service

HospitalDistanceCash priceGross chargeFile date
Humboldt Park Health
Chicago, IL
3.5 mi$446.00$1,592.852026-09-29
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Chicago, IL
3.6 mi$855.00$1,710.002025-11-04
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago
Chicago, IL
3.6 mi$1,345.08$4,076.002026-01-01
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
3.9 mi$1,026.60$3,422.002026-04-01
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center
Chicago, IL
4.4 mi$1,605.34$2,293.342026-09-22
Louis A Weiss Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
5.9 mi$1,133.86$3,334.882025-03-17
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
6.9 mi$2,063.00$2,063.002026-04-01
The University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL
7.8 mi$2,610.00$2,610.002026-04-01

Distances are straight-line from ZIP code centers. Each hospital's figures come from its own file; files are updated on different dates.

Every row for CPT 70450 in this hospital's file

Row in the hospital's fileSettingCashGrossInsurer min – max
HB CT Head/Brain W/O Dye
standard_charge_information[106171]
outpatient$2,474.50$3,535.00$685.79 – $3,535.00

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