Scans and imaging CPT 71250 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chest CT scan cost in Lebanon, NH — inpatient

In Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $844.25 to $1,052.70, with a median of $948.48. The lowest listed price is at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital — $104.23 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $1,147.43 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 71250, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 6, 2026 and Jun 6, 2026.

Lowest$844.25Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Median$948.48half pay less
Highest$1,052.70in this market
Difference1.2×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 Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT.

median
Lowest $844.25Highest $1,052.70

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital lowest Lebanon, NH · (603) 650-5000 CT SCAN THORAX $844.25 $2,759.00 $951.85–$2,621.05 69% —
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Valley Regional Hospital Claremont, NH · (603) 542-7771 CT CHEST W/O $1,052.70 $1,914.00 $116.99–$1,914.00 45% Jun 6, 2026
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Valley Regional Hospital Claremont, NH · (603) 542-7771 CT THORAX DX C- $1,052.70 $1,914.00 $116.99–$1,914.00 45% Jun 6, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $844.25, median $948.48, highest $1,052.70 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $948.48 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 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 1 it is 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.

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.

Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NHCT LUNG SCREENING-SELF PAY $85.37 file