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CT Blood-Flow Study Of The Brain

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 0042T

A CT scan of the head taken while contrast dye passes through the brain, so that blood flow within the brain tissue itself can be measured rather than just the shape of the vessels. The data is processed into maps showing how much blood reaches each area, how fast it arrives and how long it takes to pass through. It is commonly used when a stroke is suspected.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does CT Blood-Flow Study Of The Brain cost?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $309 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$97.72$97.72 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$251 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $195 to $724Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $98 to $832
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $309professional $98

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$691.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 39.8 times more in Tennessee than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 24th of 51

$123

TN $1,778UT $44.67

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.