Scans and imaging CPT 71250 Outpatient

Chest CT scan cost in Hobbs, NM

In Hobbs, NM, 1 hospital lists a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye: from $2,276.82 to $2,276.82, with a median of $2,276.82. Across New Mexico, the median is $1,949.61 at 2 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$2,276.82Covenant Hospital Hobbs
Median$2,276.82half pay less
Highest$2,276.82in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Covenant Hospital Hobbs Hobbs, NM · (575) 492-5000 HC CT THORAX WO CONTRAST $2,276.82 $5,421.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $2,276.82, median $2,276.82, highest $2,276.82.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,276.82. 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.