Chest CT scan cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 4 hospitals list a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye: from $200.00 to $3,830.63, with a median of $2,142.68. The lowest listed price is at Mish — $1,942.68 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $1,263.60 at 23 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities 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 Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kansas City, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mish lowest Lenexa, KS CT Thorax w/o Contrast | $200.00 | $2,000.00 | — | 90% | — source file |
| NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Chest Partial During Coronary wo Contrast | $454.72 | $1,568.00 | $93.38–$1,474.00 | 71% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Chest wo Contrast | $454.72 | $1,568.00 | $93.38–$1,474.00 | 71% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Chest wo Contrast High Resolution | $454.72 | $1,568.00 | $93.38–$1,474.00 | 71% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Watchman Chest wo Contrast | $454.72 | $1,568.00 | $93.38–$1,474.00 | 71% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 CT Chest Low Dose Follow Up | $545.78 | $1,882.00 | $93.38–$1,539.48 | 71% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC CT SCAN,THORAX,W/O CONTRAST | $3,830.63 | $3,830.63 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC CT SCAN,THORAX,W/O CONTRAST | $3,830.63 | $3,830.63 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $200.00, median $2,142.68, highest $3,830.63 — a 19.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $2,142.68. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71250 ($1,044.28). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MOHc Diagnostic Computed Tomography Thorax W/O Cntrst | $104.00 | file |