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Procedure price report · CT scan chest

CT scan of the chest without contrast

CPT 71250the billing code this page is about

Cross-sectional CT imaging of the chest, including the lungs and surrounding structures, done without injected contrast dye.

Hospitals typically charge $1,179 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,363 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,212. Most fall between $525 and $2,185 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,363
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 3,363 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$304$623$1,179$1,906$3,178

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($304 vs $3,178).

How the prices are spread

$146 – $208: 62 hospitals$146$208 – $296: 96 hospitals$296 – $422: 160 hospitals$296$422 – $601: 327 hospitals$601 – $856: 387 hospitals$601$856 – $1,218: 542 hospitals$1,218 – $1,735: 663 hospitals$1,218$1,735 – $2,470: 424 hospitals$2,470 – $3,517: 250 hospitals$2,470$3,517 – $5,008: 116 hospitals$3,517median $1,179price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (3,027 of 3,363 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$146$20862
$208$29696
$296$422160
$422$601327
$601$856387
$856$1,218542
$1,218$1,735663
$1,735$2,470424
$2,470$3,517250
$3,517$5,008116

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$107
Median cash price$1,179
Cash as a multiple of Medicare11.0×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,179.

Alaska: median $2,417 across 17 hospitalsAK$2,417Maine: median $856 across 25 hospitalsME$856Vermont: median $1,973 across 12 hospitalsVT$1,973New Hampshire: median $1,296 across 20 hospitalsNH$1,296Washington: median $1,301 across 71 hospitalsWA$1,301Idaho: median $819 across 22 hospitalsID$819Montana: median $1,278 across 19 hospitalsMT$1,278North Dakota: median $1,223 across 32 hospitalsND$1,223Minnesota: median $1,167 across 101 hospitalsMN$1,167Illinois: median $1,894 across 136 hospitalsIL$1,894Wisconsin: median $1,265 across 109 hospitalsWI$1,265Michigan: median $934 across 86 hospitalsMI$934New York: median $539 across 111 hospitalsNY$539Massachusetts: median $1,338 across 53 hospitalsMA$1,338Oregon: median $1,137 across 46 hospitalsOR$1,137Nevada: median $1,190 across 21 hospitalsNV$1,190Wyoming: median $1,318 across 14 hospitalsWY$1,318South Dakota: median $2,570 across 43 hospitalsSD$2,570Iowa: median $1,442 across 88 hospitalsIA$1,442Indiana: median $571 across 92 hospitalsIN$571Ohio: median $986 across 142 hospitalsOH$986Pennsylvania: median $876 across 114 hospitalsPA$876New Jersey: median $318 across 58 hospitalsNJ$318Connecticut: median $1,078 across 22 hospitalsCT$1,078Rhode Island: median $906 across 10 hospitalsRI$906California: median $1,912 across 218 hospitalsCA$1,912Utah: median $1,645 across 42 hospitalsUT$1,645Colorado: median $1,254 across 66 hospitalsCO$1,254Nebraska: median $2,208 across 84 hospitalsNE$2,208Missouri: median $901 across 76 hospitalsMO$901Kentucky: median $1,159 across 67 hospitalsKY$1,159West Virginia: median $783 across 42 hospitalsWV$783Virginia: median $1,216 across 71 hospitalsVA$1,216Maryland: median $177 across 38 hospitalsMD$177Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $736 across 53 hospitalsAZ$736New Mexico: median $1,182 across 30 hospitalsNM$1,182Kansas: median $1,026 across 87 hospitalsKS$1,026Arkansas: median $480 across 37 hospitalsAR$480Tennessee: median $630 across 76 hospitalsTN$630North Carolina: median $1,333 across 95 hospitalsNC$1,333South Carolina: median $1,513 across 53 hospitalsSC$1,513Oklahoma: median $953 across 71 hospitalsOK$953Louisiana: median $639 across 56 hospitalsLA$639Mississippi: median $704 across 47 hospitalsMS$704Alabama: median $868 across 42 hospitalsAL$868Georgia: median $1,005 across 109 hospitalsGA$1,005Hawaii: median $1,134 across 17 hospitalsHI$1,134Texas: median $1,667 across 245 hospitalsTX$1,667Florida: median $2,914 across 171 hospitalsFL$2,914
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,179. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL171$2,914+147%$1,095 – $9,926
South Dakota SD43$2,570+118%$2,054 – $3,232
Alaska AK17$2,417+105%$866 – $3,372
Nebraska NE84$2,208+87%$1,172 – $2,615
Vermont VT12$1,973+67%$1,250 – $2,418
California CA218$1,912+62%$956 – $3,771
Illinois IL136$1,894+61%$785 – $2,611
Texas TX245$1,667+41%$600 – $3,004
Utah UT42$1,645+39%$1,275 – $1,899
South Carolina SC53$1,513+28%$733 – $2,311
Iowa IA88$1,442+22%$1,027 – $1,801
Massachusetts MA53$1,338+13%$701 – $1,741
North Carolina NC95$1,333+13%$747 – $1,711
Wyoming WY14$1,318+12%$463 – $1,990
Washington WA71$1,301+10%$596 – $1,803
New Hampshire NH20$1,296+10%$762 – $2,854
Montana MT19$1,278+8%$993 – $1,608
Wisconsin WI109$1,265+7%$447 – $1,562
Colorado CO66$1,254+6%$911 – $2,099
North Dakota ND32$1,223+4%$908 – $1,423
Virginia VA71$1,216+3%$566 – $2,265
Nevada NV21$1,190+1%$567 – $1,746
New Mexico NM30$1,1820%$811 – $1,711
Minnesota MN101$1,167−1%$468 – $1,527
Kentucky KY67$1,159−2%$692 – $1,909
Oregon OR46$1,137−4%$644 – $1,586
Hawaii HI17$1,134−4%$792 – $1,383
Connecticut CT22$1,078−9%$467 – $1,690
Kansas KS87$1,026−13%$655 – $1,663
Georgia GA109$1,005−15%$430 – $1,812
Ohio OH142$986−16%$625 – $1,520
Oklahoma OK71$953−19%$560 – $1,527
Michigan MI86$934−21%$446 – $1,581
Rhode Island RI10$906−23%$285 – $1,230
Missouri MO76$901−24%$695 – $1,836
Pennsylvania PA114$876−26%$268 – $2,245
Alabama AL42$868−26%$441 – $1,527
Maine ME25$856−27%$347 – $1,035
Idaho ID22$819−31%$737 – $1,179
West Virginia WV42$783−34%$560 – $1,378
Arizona AZ53$736−38%$390 – $5,182
Mississippi MS47$704−40%$358 – $976
Louisiana LA56$639−46%$285 – $1,276
Tennessee TN76$630−47%$445 – $1,475
Indiana IN92$571−52%$359 – $1,238
New York NY111$539−54%$151 – $1,800
Arkansas AR37$480−59%$384 – $940
New Jersey NJ58$318−73%$125 – $610
Maryland MD38$177−85%$123 – $246
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,179.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,357$1,121$476 – $2,304
Children’s65$1,296$736 – $2,873
Critical access931$1,254$679 – $2,012
Ownership
For-profit486$1,747$639 – $6,378
Government609$1,127$524 – $1,834
Non-profit2,258$1,143$504 – $1,990
System affiliation
Part of a system2,768$1,202$532 – $2,274
Independent595$1,086$499 – $1,880

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,002
Median cash price$1,179
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,294 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,228 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,256; most fall between $565 and $2,168.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,294 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$365$701$1,228$1,933$2,881

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($365 vs $2,881).

Of the 2,549 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,294 gave a usable cash price; 144 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 111 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,363 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (85%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,731 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,363
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here244
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded123
Hospitals that filed this code3,731

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the CT scan chest family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Diagnostic Computed Tomography Thorax W/O Cntrst.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “CT scan of the chest without contrast (CPT 71250) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-71250-ct-scan-of-the-chest-without-contrast