Chest CT scan cost in Little Rock, AR
In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye: from $580.20 to $1,994.26, with a median of $604.00. The lowest listed price is at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — $23.80 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $844.95 at 18 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 71250, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Nov 21, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences lowest Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 CT SCAN OF CHEST WITHOUT CONTRAST | $580.20 | $967.00 | $94.82–$887.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 219-7000 CT Chest High Resolution - Report | $604.00 | $755.00 | $377.50–$566.25 | 20% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 219-7000 CT Chest Abdomen Pelvis w/o Contrast | $604.00 | $755.00 | $377.50–$566.25 | 20% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 219-7000 CT Chest Abdomen Pelvis w/o Contrast - Report | $604.00 | $755.00 | $377.50–$566.25 | 20% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 219-7000 CT Chest w/o Contrast | $604.00 | $755.00 | $377.50–$566.25 | 20% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 219-7000 CT Chest w/o Contrast - Report | $604.00 | $755.00 | $377.50–$566.25 | 20% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 219-7000 CT Chest High Resolution | $604.00 | $755.00 | $377.50–$566.25 | 20% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 CT THORAX DX C- | $632.40 | $1,054.00 | $94.82–$887.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 364-1100 CT SCAN OF CHEST WITHOUT CONTRAST | $1,994.26 | $2,215.84 | $97.75–$1,270.65 | 10% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $580.20, median $604.00, highest $1,994.26 — a 3.4× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 3 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.
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.
| Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, ARCT THORAX DX C- | $100.67 | file |