The cbct machine cost question has no single answer because cone beam CT is not one product. The same name covers a dental unit that images a few teeth in an office corner, an ENT unit that images the sinuses and temporal bone, an extremity scanner that images a foot or knee under the patient’s own weight, and a breast CT that images the whole breast without compression. Each class has its own detector, field of view, room and price, and the field of view alone can double the price inside a single class. This article sets out the estimated price bands by class and by field of view, the dental, ENT and extremity cases in turn, what a quote should include, what the room needs, what the system costs to run, how new compares with refurbished, how the figures compare with a medical CT, and what Medicare pays for the scan that the machine produces, each figure with its source.
Medical Outfitters sells the Planmeca Viso G7 dental and maxillofacial cone beam CT new as an authorized Planmeca dealer and the Planmed Verity extremity CT and Planmed XFI full-body weight-bearing CT new as an authorized Planmed dealer, in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and Latin America, and sources pre-owned cone beam units from other platforms on request, delivered, installed and warrantied, with the breast CT class covered by the Koning Vera. Every cone beam system is quoted individually, and no Medical Outfitters price band is published for the class. This guide is written for the dentist, oral surgeon, ENT physician, orthopedic group or imaging center administrator comparing the classes before asking for a quote, and the figures below come from the Medical Outfitters cone beam CT machine cost guide, the Medical Outfitters CT scanner cost guide, CMS, the FDA 510(k) database, the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs, a 2015 dose meta-analysis in Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, the Louisiana radiation control program, the manufacturers’ own specifications and a 2026 ENT coding and payment guide that reproduces the CMS fee schedule, each named where it is used.
- By class: dental small and medium field of view, an estimated $30,000 to $100,000 new and $20,000 to $50,000 refurbished; dental and ENT large field of view, $100,000 to $180,000 new and $40,000 to $90,000 refurbished; extremity and weight-bearing CBCT, $300,000 to $500,000 new and $150,000 to $300,000 refurbished, per the Medical Outfitters cone beam guide (comparison estimates, not Medical Outfitters prices).
- By field of view: a small volume of about 4 x 4 to 8 x 8 cm is the entry tier, a medium volume of 8 x 8 to 10 x 10 cm covers full-arch implant planning, and a large volume above 10 x 10 cm reaches the whole skull, the airway and the sinuses; the Planmeca Viso G7 spans 3 x 3 to 30 x 30 cm on one platform, per the Medical Outfitters product page.
- What the scan pays: CPT 70486, CT of the maxillofacial area without contrast, carries a 2026 Medicare national average of $128 in the office setting and $107 in the hospital outpatient department under APC 5522, per Medtronic’s 2026 ENT coding and payment guide, which reproduces the CMS physician fee schedule and OPPS rates.
- The room: a dental or ENT unit fits an office room with shielding set by a physicist’s survey and the state, an estimated $5,000 to $20,000 or more with room modifications per the Medical Outfitters guide; the Planmed Verity is self-shielded on standard mains power, and the XFI’s weight-bearing configuration is a wall-mounted installation.
- Running it: an annual service contract runs an estimated 3 to 8 percent of equipment value, imaging software licenses $2,000 to $8,000 a year and a tube replacement $15,000 to $40,000 every 3 to 7 years, per the industry reporting collected in the Medical Outfitters guide.
CBCT Machine Cost by Class: Dental, ENT, Extremity and Breast
The CBCT scanner price falls into one of four classes, and the class is set by what the scanner is built to image rather than by the brand on the gantry. The Medical Outfitters cone beam CT machine cost guide, reviewed November 2, 2026, collects public list-price reporting for 2025 and 2026 into class estimates and labels every one of them a comparison figure: Medical Outfitters publishes no price band of its own for cone beam CT and quotes each system on request. The table below reproduces those estimates.
| Cone beam CT class | New, estimated (comparison only) | Refurbished, estimated (comparison only) | Typical buyer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dental small and medium field of view (up to about 10 x 10 cm) | $30,000 to $100,000 | $20,000 to $50,000 | General dentistry, endodontics, implant and periodontal practices |
| Dental and ENT large field of view (above 10 x 10 cm to 30 x 30 cm) | $100,000 to $180,000 | $40,000 to $90,000 | Oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, airway and sleep medicine, ENT, dental imaging centers |
| Extremity and orthopedic cone beam CT (dedicated extremity and full-body weight-bearing) | $300,000 to $500,000 | $150,000 to $300,000 | Orthopedic, podiatry, sports medicine and spine practices, hospital orthopedic departments |
| Breast CT (dedicated cone beam breast CT) | Quoted on request; no estimate printed | Quoted per unit when one appears | Breast centers and radiology departments |
Two things stand out in the table. The first is the step between the dental and ENT classes and the extremity class: an extremity scanner carries a larger detector, a gantry that tilts or stands for weight-bearing positions, a motorized patient support and, on the full-body system, an 85 cm opening, and the price reflects it. The second is the width of each band. A small field of view dental unit with no 2D options sits at the bottom of its class, and the same platform with a large volume, a cephalometric arm and the full software set sits near the top, so the specification sheet, not the class, sets the price inside the band. The sections below take the classes one at a time, and the price by model table in the guide lists the Planmeca Viso G7, the Planmed Verity, the Planmed XFI and the Koning Vera against those estimates.
Why Field of View Sets the Price
Field of view is the cylinder of anatomy a scan captures, written as diameter by height in centimeters, and it is the largest single price step in cone beam CT because it is set by the size of the flat-panel detector and the geometry of the gantry. The Medical Outfitters guide prices three dental tiers: a small field of view of about 4 x 4 to 5 x 5 cm, up to about 8 x 8 cm, at an estimated $30,000 to $60,000 new and $20,000 to $35,000 refurbished, for endodontics, single implants and localized pathology; a medium field of view of 8 x 8 to 10 x 10 cm at $55,000 to $100,000 new and $30,000 to $50,000 refurbished, for full-arch implant planning, third molars and both arches; and a large field of view of 10 x 10 to 16 x 17 cm and beyond, to 30 x 30 cm stitched, at $100,000 to $180,000 new and $40,000 to $90,000 refurbished, for maxillofacial surgery, TMJ, airway, orthodontics and ENT work.
Modern platforms cover more than one tier with selectable volumes. The Planmeca Viso G7 product page on medicaloutfitters.com lists freely adjustable volumes from about 3 x 3 cm to 30 x 30 cm, with about 30 x 19 cm in a single scan, voxel sizes from 75 microns in the endodontic mode to 600 microns in the low dose mode, scan times of 1 to 36 seconds and a 60 to 120 kV tube. Carestream Dental’s CS 9600 page lists 14 field of view options from 4 x 4 cm to 16 x 17 cm on one unit, with a 75 micron minimum voxel. On platforms like these the buyer pays for the field of view package and the programs enabled, which is why the guide places the Viso G7’s tooth and teeth programs in the small tier, its jaw programs in the medium tier and its face, skull and ENT programs in the large tier.
Field of view also sets the dose, and dose is part of the purchase decision for a dental or ENT office. A meta-analysis by Ludlow and colleagues in Dentomaxillofacial Radiology (2015), covering the published literature plus nine additional units, reported mean adult effective doses of 84 microsieverts for small field of view dental CBCT, 177 microsieverts for medium and 212 microsieverts for large, with wide ranges inside each tier because of the unit and the protocol. A practice that images single teeth most days has a dose argument as well as a price argument for the small tier, and a practice that needs the skull or the airway accepts the larger volume and its dose for the cases that need it. The price by field of view section of the guide carries the full tier table.
Dental CT Machine Cost by Practice Type
A dental CT machine is a cone beam CT configured for the teeth and jaws, usually with a 2D panoramic arm and often a cephalometric arm, and the practice type decides the tier. The Medical Outfitters guide sets out five cases: a general practice adding 3D for single implants, endodontic cases and impacted teeth buys a small to medium volume of 5 x 5 to 10 x 10 cm with panoramic imaging, an estimated $30,000 to $100,000 new; an implant and periodontal practice planning full arches buys a medium volume of 8 x 8 to 10 x 10 cm, $55,000 to $100,000; an orthodontic practice that needs both arches, cephalometric imaging, the airway and the TMJ buys a large volume of 10 x 10 cm and above with the cephalometric option, $100,000 to $180,000; an oral and maxillofacial surgery practice imaging the whole skull for orthognathic planning, trauma and pathology buys the large to full-skull tier at the same $100,000 to $180,000; and a dental imaging center taking referred scans buys the large tier with every program, again $100,000 to $180,000. All are comparison estimates, and the Viso G7 that Medical Outfitters sells new is quoted on request.
The purchase carries two professional obligations that the price sheet does not show. The American Dental Association Council on Scientific Affairs advisory statement on cone beam CT in dentistry, published in the Journal of the American Dental Association in August 2012, calls for each scan to be justified by the patient’s history and a clinical examination, for scans to be prescribed and interpreted by a dentist with appropriate CBCT training, for a facility considering a unit to consult a health physicist or other qualified expert for a shielding analysis, and for equipment performance to be checked at least annually under a quality control program. State rules follow the same lines: the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s dental CBCT guidance reviews the floor plan and equipment arrangement of every new or modified dental CBCT installation case by case, requires access to open areas to be restricted during exposures even where no shielding is required, limits operation to individuals specifically trained on the unit and requires documented quality control with corrective action when results fall outside limits.
On the revenue side, dental plans see the scan through the CDT codes. The codes introduced in 2013, as listed by DentistryIQ, are D0364 for capture and interpretation with a limited field of view of less than one whole jaw, D0365 for one full arch of the mandible, D0366 for one full arch of the maxilla with or without the cranium, D0367 for both jaws with or without the cranium and D0368 for a TMJ series of two or more exposures, with capture-only equivalents D0380 to D0384. Coverage varies by plan, and several state Medicaid programs list the codes as not covered, so most dental practices treat the scan as a self-pay or treatment-bundled item rather than a reimbursed one. The dental section of the guide and the Planmeca Viso G7 product page carry the configuration detail.
ENT Cone Beam CT Cost: Sinus, Temporal Bone and Airway
An ENT practice buys cone beam CT for the paranasal sinuses, the temporal bone and the airway, and the ENT CBCT cost sits in the large field of view tier: the Medical Outfitters guide puts ENT units inside the dental and ENT large field of view class, an estimated $100,000 to $180,000 new and $40,000 to $90,000 refurbished, with the Planmeca Viso G7’s ENT programs sold new and quoted on request, and office ENT CT units from other platforms, such as the Xoran MiniCAT family, sourced pre-owned on request and sitting near the top of the refurbished band. The guide lists the Viso G7’s ENT and skull programs among the large tier systems, and the Viso G7 product page lists the 30 x 30 cm maximum volume that covers the full skull.
ENT is the one cone beam market where medical reimbursement is routine, because the scan is billed under the medical CPT codes rather than the dental CDT codes. CPT 70486, computed tomography of the maxillofacial area without contrast material, is the code for a sinus CBCT. Medtronic’s 2026 ENT nasal and sinus coding and payment guide, which reproduces the CMS physician fee schedule for clinicians outside advanced alternative payment models and the CMS hospital outpatient rates for January 1 to December 31, 2026, lists 70486 at a work RVU of 0.83 and a Medicare national average of $128 for the service in the office setting, $107 in the hospital outpatient department under APC 5522 (status indicator Q3), and $57 in an ambulatory surgical center. The physician fee schedule behind those figures runs on a 2026 conversion factor of $33.40 for clinicians who are not qualifying alternative payment model participants, up 3.26 percent from 2025, per the CMS final rule fact sheet of October 31, 2025.
Henry Schein’s practice guidance on billing medical plans for cone beam CT adds the working detail: 70486 covers image capture and interpretation together, modifier TC reports the capture alone and modifier 26 the interpretation alone, 3D rendering is reported with 76376 or 76377 alongside 70486, coverage depends on the diagnosis, and a typical exclusion is dental implant planning unless the scan is medically necessary after trauma. For an ENT office the arithmetic is straightforward: at the $128 office rate for 70486, a unit at $140,000 (the middle of the $100,000 to $180,000 large field of view estimate) is recovered on the equipment line after about 1,100 scans, before the service contract, the software license and the physicist’s fees covered below. The ENT section of the guide covers the sinus and temporal bone programs in more detail.
Extremity CT Scanner Cost: Planmed Verity and Planmed XFI
Extremity CBCT cost is the highest of the three main classes, because this is the class that moved orthopedic 3D imaging out of the hospital CT suite and into the clinic: the Medical Outfitters guide estimates $300,000 to $500,000 new and $150,000 to $300,000 refurbished for dedicated extremity, weight-bearing and full-body weight-bearing systems, comparison only. The Planmed Verity price and the Planmed XFI price are quoted on request, since Medical Outfitters sells both new as an authorized Planmed dealer; pre-owned extremity units are sourced on request, and there is no pre-owned XFI yet because the system was cleared in 2025.
The Planmed Verity, per its Medical Outfitters product page, is a dedicated extremity scanner with a multi field of view up to 16 x 20 cm, 200 to 400 micron isotropic voxels, an 80 to 96 kV tube at 1 to 12 mA, a footprint of 76 by 184 by 160 cm, a weight of about 350 kg and a 100 to 240 V single-phase supply at 10 to 16 A, with the gantry tilting horizontal for weight-bearing scans of the foot, ankle and knee. The FDA cleared the Verity under 510(k) K121418 on February 1, 2013, and the maxillofacial MaxScan option for the jaw, teeth, sinuses, temporomandibular joints, orbits and airway followed in May 2015, per Imaging Technology News. Its product page describes the scan dose as similar to a 2D extremity X-ray study under the Ultra Low Dose protocol.
The Planmed XFI extends the class to the whole body under load. Its Medical Outfitters product page lists an 85 cm opening, a 43 x 43 cm flat-panel detector, a field of view up to 23 x 44 cm, resolution to 75 microns, an 80 to 140 kV tube at 5 to 100 mA, a 108 cm source-to-image distance, dimensions of 248 by 176 by 162 cm, a weight of about 550 kg and a 180 to 240 V supply at 16 A, with scans standing, seated or supine. The FDA cleared the XFI under 510(k) K250318 on September 26, 2025, as a cone beam computed tomography X-ray system, and the product page states that it is not cleared for head imaging in the United States. The University of Kansas Medical Center, which received the first XFI in North America in October 2023 for research, described it as the first CT able to scan the whole body vertically while a person stands, and is using it to study how weight-bearing changes joints in osteoarthritis and back pain. The Planmed Verity and Planmed XFI product pages and the extremity section of the guide carry the specification detail and the quote request.
Room, Shielding, Power and Installation
The room is where cone beam CT earns its reputation for low total cost. A dental or ENT unit fits an office room: the Medical Outfitters guide lists shielding as the physicist specifies, estimated at $5,000 to $20,000 or more with room modifications, state registration of the X-ray source, a standard or light three-phase supply and a network connection for the workstation and PACS. The Planmeca Viso G7 measures 155 cm wide, 154 cm deep and 160 to 234 cm high at 165 kg, or 216 cm wide and 180 kg with the cephalostat, per the guide. The Planmed Verity is self-shielded and portable on standard mains power with an Ethernet connection, and the XFI’s weight-bearing configuration is a vertical, wall-mounted installation, so the wall and floor are part of the site survey. The Koning Vera breast CT is self-shielding with an integrated console and fits a standard stereotactic room without a separate control room.
Whether the room needs lead is a question for the qualified expert and the state, not for the brochure. The ADA advisory statement asks every facility considering a unit to obtain a shielding analysis from a health physicist or other qualified expert, and Louisiana’s dental CBCT guidance reviews the floor plan of every new or modified installation case by case and requires restricted access to open areas during exposures even where shielding is not required. The answer depends on the volume of scans, the workload direction, the occupancy of the rooms around and the state’s design limits, so the survey comes before the construction quote.
The installed-cost lines from industry reporting, as collected in the guide, are freight and packaging at $2,000 to $8,000; installation and commissioning at $2,000 to $8,000; room shielding and electrical work at $5,000 to $20,000 or more; software and integration at $0 to $10,000 or more at purchase; and staff training included or $1,000 to $5,000. In a Medical Outfitters quote the system, delivery, installation and calibration by Medical Outfitters crews, applications training and a written warranty are included, and room shielding, electrical work, PACS and reading workstations, the first service contract, extra software modules and AI add-ons are quoted separately. Trade reports put most installations at a working day and the span from signed order to first scan at four to eight weeks, per the guide. The siting section of the guide and the quote checklist list every line to confirm.
What It Costs to Run a Cone Beam CT
The purchase price is the larger number, but the running cost decides whether the unit pays. The Medical Outfitters guide collects the industry reporting, all of it estimated and for comparison: an annual service contract covering preventive maintenance, calibration, parts and labor, with or without the tube and the panel, at 3 to 8 percent of equipment value per year, or $5,000 to $15,000 per year on a dental unit; the imaging software license, renewed annually on most platforms, at $2,000 to $8,000 per year; a tube replacement at $15,000 to $40,000 and typically every 3 to 7 years; AI detection, segmentation and planning modules at 10 to 20 percent on the base machine price; and the physicist’s shielding survey, state registration and the periodic quality control the state requires, quoted per survey and per the state’s fee schedule. Medical Outfitters quotes service per system and publishes no contract figure.
Three of those lines deserve a question on every quote. The first is whether the tube and the flat-panel detector are inside the service contract or excluded, because a tube replacement on its own is a five-figure event. The second is which software modules are licensed annually and which are bought once, because the acquisition and planning software is where a dental or ENT platform’s price grows after purchase. The third is who coordinates the physicist’s survey and the state registration before the first patient, since the state’s quality control requirements in Louisiana and elsewhere fall on the registrant, not the vendor. Our guide to imaging equipment service contracts covers what the contract tiers include and how to negotiate one, and the running cost section of the guide carries the figures above.
New vs Used CBCT Machine Price, and Which Class to Buy
The refurbished estimates in the class table sit 30 to 50 percent below the new estimates, which matches the trade reporting the Medical Outfitters guide cites for pre-owned cone beam units. The guide lists the platforms Medical Outfitters sources refurbished on request and where each sits: the Planmeca ProMax 3D family inside the dental refurbished estimates of $20,000 to $90,000 by field of view, the Carestream CS 9300 inside the dental estimates, the i-CAT Next Generation and i-CAT FLX inside the large field of view estimate of $40,000 to $90,000; the Xoran MiniCAT family inside the large field of view estimates near the top of the band; and the CurveBeam HiRise inside the extremity refurbished estimate of $150,000 to $300,000, with the discontinued pedCAT and LineUP foot-and-ankle units changing hands for far less. A pre-owned unit is worth the saving when the software license transfers, the tube and panel have life left, the manufacturer still supports the platform and the state registration transfers cleanly, and the guide’s new versus refurbished section walks through those checks. The Planmed XFI has no pre-owned market yet, because the first units were cleared in 2025.
Choosing the class is a question of anatomy before it is a question of money. A practice that images teeth, one or both jaws, implants and root canals most days needs the small to medium dental tier, and the Viso G7’s tooth, teeth and jaw programs cover it. A practice that needs the skull, the airway, the TMJ, the sinuses or the temporal bone needs the large tier, which the Viso G7’s face, skull and ENT programs cover. A practice that images the foot, ankle and knee under load, or the hand, wrist and elbow, needs the extremity class, the Planmed Verity, and a group that wants the spine, hips and shoulders under load as well needs the Planmed XFI. A breast center adding 3D breast imaging without compression needs the Koning Vera. Our explainer on how cone beam CT works and how it differs from medical CT covers the imaging physics behind each choice, and the new versus used section of the guide covers the inspection list.
Cone Beam CT vs Medical CT Scanner Cost
The last comparison a buyer makes is between the cone beam CT scanner price and a medical CT scanner price, and it clarifies what cone beam CT is for. The Medical Outfitters CT scanner cost and price guide, reviewed October 12, 2026, prices a 16 to 32-slice medical CT at $85,000 to $185,000 refurbished and $350,000 to $525,000 new, and a 64-slice CT at $175,000 to $375,000 refurbished and $625,000 to $975,000 new, delivered, installed and warrantied. A dental or ENT cone beam CT at an estimated $30,000 to $180,000 new is therefore priced below a refurbished 16-slice CT at the low end and against it at the high end, while an extremity or full-body weight-bearing CBCT at $300,000 to $500,000 new sits in the same range as a new 16 to 32-slice medical CT.
The price difference is only part of the comparison, because the two machines do different work. A medical CT images the whole body with soft-tissue contrast, contrast agents and sub-second rotation, and it needs a lead-shielded suite designed by a physicist, three-phase power, usually a chiller, a reinforced floor and a control room, as our cone beam explainer sets out. A cone beam CT images bone, teeth, airway and joints in a single rotation of a flat-panel detector, at a dose the Ludlow meta-analysis puts at a mean of 84 to 212 microsieverts for dental units by field of view, in an office room with modest shielding or, on the Verity, none beyond the unit itself. The practice that needs soft tissue, contrast studies or trauma coverage buys the medical CT; the dental, ENT or orthopedic practice that needs bone in 3D at the point of care buys the cone beam CT, and the CT scanner cost guide and the comparison section of the cone beam guide put the two price sheets side by side.
Pricing a Cone Beam CT With Medical Outfitters
Medical Outfitters sells the Planmeca Viso G7 dental and maxillofacial cone beam CT new as an authorized Planmeca dealer, the Planmed Verity extremity CT and the Planmed XFI full-body weight-bearing CT new as an authorized Planmed dealer, and the Koning Vera breast CT, in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and Latin America, and sources pre-owned cone beam units on request, each delivered, installed and warrantied by our own crews with applications training included. Every system is quoted individually against the practice’s field of view, programs, 2D options and room. The cone beam CT machine cost guide holds the full class, model and field of view tables, the cone beam CT category lists the systems for sale, and our CT service team covers the systems after installation. To price a cone beam CT for your practice, contact Medical Outfitters with the anatomy you image most and the room you have.
- Medical Outfitters, Cone Beam CT Machine Cost and Price Guide (2026), reviewed November 2, 2026: class, model, field of view, installed-cost and running-cost estimates, room notes and territories. medicaloutfitters.com/cone-beam-ct-machine-cost-guide/
- Medical Outfitters, CT Scanner Cost and Price Guide (2026), reviewed October 12, 2026: medical CT bands by slice count. medicaloutfitters.com/ct-scanner-cost-and-price-guide/
- CMS, Calendar Year 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule fact sheet, October 31, 2025: the $33.40 conversion factor and its 3.26 percent change. cms.gov
- Medtronic, ENT Nasal and Sinus Procedures Coding and Payment Guide, January 1 to December 31, 2026, reproducing the CMS physician fee schedule, OPPS and ASC rates: CPT 70486 at $128 office, $107 hospital outpatient (APC 5522) and $57 ASC, work RVU 0.83. medtronic.com
- FDA 510(k) database: Planmed Verity K121418, decision February 1, 2013; Planmed XFI K250318, decision September 26, 2025. accessdata.fda.gov K121418, K250318
- Ludlow JB et al., Effective dose of dental CBCT: a meta-analysis of published data and additional data for nine CBCT units, Dentomaxillofacial Radiology 2015;44(1): mean adult effective doses of 84, 177 and 212 microsieverts by field of view. europepmc.org
- American Dental Association Council on Scientific Affairs, The use of cone-beam computed tomography in dentistry: an advisory statement, JADA 2012;143(8):899-902. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Dental CBCT Guidance: shielding plan review, restricted access during exposures, operator training and quality control. deq.louisiana.gov
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CBCT Machine Cost: Common Questions
How much does a CBCT machine cost?
A CBCT machine costs an estimated $30,000 to $100,000 new for a small or medium field of view dental unit, $100,000 to $180,000 for a large field of view dental or ENT unit and $300,000 to $500,000 for an extremity or full-body weight-bearing cone beam CT, with refurbished units estimated at $20,000 to $300,000 by class, per the Medical Outfitters cone beam CT machine cost guide reviewed November 2, 2026. The bands are comparison estimates; Medical Outfitters quotes every cone beam system individually.
How much does a dental CBCT machine cost?
A dental cone beam CT costs an estimated $30,000 to $60,000 new for a small field of view of about 4 x 4 to 8 x 8 cm, $55,000 to $100,000 for a medium field of view of 8 x 8 to 10 x 10 cm and $100,000 to $180,000 for a large field of view above 10 x 10 cm, per the Medical Outfitters cone beam guide; refurbished dental units are estimated at $20,000 to $90,000. The Planmeca Viso G7, sold new by Medical Outfitters, spans 3 x 3 to 30 x 30 cm and is quoted on request.
What does Medicare pay for a cone beam CT scan?
A sinus or maxillofacial cone beam CT is billed under CPT 70486, CT of the maxillofacial area without contrast. Medtronic's 2026 ENT coding and payment guide, which reproduces the CMS fee schedules, lists a 2026 Medicare national average of $128 in the office, $107 in the hospital outpatient department under APC 5522 and $57 in an ambulatory surgical center, at a work RVU of 0.83. Dental scans use CDT codes D0364 to D0368, and dental plan coverage varies; several state Medicaid programs list them as not covered.
How much does an extremity CBCT such as the Planmed Verity cost?
The Medical Outfitters cone beam guide estimates the extremity and weight-bearing class at $300,000 to $500,000 new and $150,000 to $300,000 refurbished, comparison only. The Planmed Verity, a dedicated extremity scanner with a multi field of view to 16 x 20 cm, 200 to 400 micron voxels and a 350 kg self-shielded gantry on single-phase power, and the Planmed XFI full-body weight-bearing CT with its 85 cm opening are sold new by Medical Outfitters as an authorized Planmed dealer and quoted on request.
What does it cost to run a cone beam CT?
Industry reporting collected in the Medical Outfitters guide puts an annual service contract at 3 to 8 percent of equipment value, or $5,000 to $15,000 a year on a dental unit, the imaging software license at $2,000 to $8,000 a year, a tube replacement at $15,000 to $40,000 every 3 to 7 years and AI add-on modules at 10 to 20 percent on the base machine price, all estimates. The physicist's survey, the state registration and the periodic quality control are quoted per survey. Medical Outfitters quotes service per system.
Does a CBCT room need lead shielding?
Sometimes, and only a qualified expert can say. The American Dental Association Council on Scientific Affairs advisory statement of 2012 asks every facility considering a cone beam CT to obtain a shielding analysis from a health physicist or other qualified expert, and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality reviews the floor plan of every new or modified dental CBCT installation case by case and restricts access to open areas during exposures even where no shielding is required. The Medical Outfitters guide estimates shielding and room modifications at $5,000 to $20,000 or more where needed.
Is a used CBCT machine worth buying?
A refurbished cone beam CT is estimated at 30 to 50 percent below the new price in the trade reporting the Medical Outfitters guide cites: $20,000 to $50,000 for a small or medium dental unit, $40,000 to $90,000 for a large field of view dental or ENT unit and $150,000 to $300,000 for an extremity system. It is worth the saving when the software license transfers, the tube and flat panel have life left, the manufacturer still supports the platform and the state registration transfers. Medical Outfitters sources pre-owned units on request.
How does cone beam CT cost compare with a medical CT scanner?
A dental or ENT cone beam CT at an estimated $30,000 to $180,000 new sits below or against a refurbished 16 to 32-slice medical CT, which the Medical Outfitters CT scanner cost guide prices at $85,000 to $185,000 refurbished and $350,000 to $525,000 new, delivered, installed and warrantied, while an extremity or full-body weight-bearing CBCT at $300,000 to $500,000 new sits in the range of a new 16 to 32-slice CT. The medical CT also needs a physicist-designed shielded suite, three-phase power and a control room; a cone beam CT fits an office room.
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