Imaging · Read first
CT Scan with Contrast — how long does a CT scan take?
Quick answer
The scan itself takes just a few minutes.
Plan for more time to check in, and for an IV if contrast dye is used.
Before your appointment
Get checked if you need imaging because of side pain or blood in the urine.
Care for Dawson County
Dawsonville families meet our urologists at the Cumming Clinic, 4150 Deputy Bill Cantrell Memorial Rd, and surgical care is provided at our Johns Creek Clinic & Surgery Center. Reading up first can make that first appointment more useful.
Schedule your visit with Advanced Urology, with locations across metro Atlanta. Call 678-344-8900 from Dawsonville to set a date. Book online
How we use a CT result in a Dawson County visit
You are seen at the Cumming Clinic, and we go through the report with you: what was found, whether contrast was used, and what, if anything, we need next. We do not repeat a scan that already answers the question. The script’s wording about how a CT is done stays as written; our job in the room is to apply the result to your pain, your stone, or your mass.
What to bring, and when a scan is not the first move
Bring the report and the disc if you have them, and call 678-344-8900 or book a time. If you have a stone plus fever or chills, go to an emergency department rather than waiting to discuss an old CT. Related reading: our Dawson kidney-stones page.
An official stone video, because a CT is often how a stone is first seen
Dr. T. Casey McCullough’s official Advanced Urology video on three ways to remove a kidney stone is here as a companion to the scan conversation, not as a clock for how long a CT takes.
A first conversation with our urologists is a short call or a booked visit away.