Scans and imaging CPT 71250 Outpatient

Chest CT scan cost in Charlottesville, VA

In Charlottesville, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye: from $982.50 to $982.50, with a median of $982.50. Across Virginia, the median is $1,256.40 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 71250, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$982.50Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital
Median$982.50half pay less
Highest$982.50in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville, VA · (434) 654-7000 Chgr-Ct Chest Wo Contrast $982.50 $1,965.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $982.50, median $982.50, highest $982.50.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $982.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

A chest CT uses X-rays and a computer to make detailed cross-section pictures of the lungs, airways and chest. Without contrast dye it is often used to follow up a lung nodule, look at lung disease or check an abnormal chest X-ray.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.