Scans and imaging CPT 71250 Outpatient

Chest CT scan cost in Lafayette, LA

In Lafayette, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye: from $675.00 to $762.30, with a median of $718.65. The lowest listed price is at Acadia St Landry — $43.65 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $774.24 at 24 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 71250, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 9, 2026 and Jun 9, 2026.

Lowest$675.00Acadia St Landry
Median$718.65half pay less
Highest$762.30in this market
Difference1.1×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lafayette, LA.

median
Lowest $675.00Highest $762.30

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Acadia St Landry lowest Church Point, LA · (337) 684-5435 CT CHEST WITHOUT CONTR $675.00 $900.00 $275.00–$650.00 25% —
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Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 CT CHEST W/O CONTRAST $762.30 $2,541.00 $210.64–$2,541.00 70% Jun 9, 2026
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Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 CT THORAX DX C- $762.30 $2,541.00 $210.64–$2,541.00 70% Jun 9, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $675.00, median $718.65, highest $762.30 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $718.65. 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 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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.