Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
HC PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH - PT/CT BONE SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $7.0k is 192% above the median hospital's median price ($2.4k), higher than 93% of the 2,138 hospitals reporting CPT 78815. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 4 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | — | $5.6k – $5.6k |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $7.0k | $7.0k | — | — | — | $7.0k – $7.0k |
| 3 | Molina molina - exchange percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7.8k | $7.8k | — | — | — | $7.8k – $7.8k |
| 4 | Medicare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8.6k | $8.6k | — | — | — | $8.6k – $8.6k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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