Chest CT scan cost in Memphis, TN
In Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 12 hospitals list a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye: from $459.90 to $758.88, with a median of $704.44. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden — $244.54 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $531.75 at 43 hospitals.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 7 cities for code 71250, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 27, 2026 and Feb 28, 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden lowest West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC CT CHEST WO CONTRAST | $459.90 | $3,066.00 | $92.51–$2,452.80 | 85% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC CT CHEST WO CONTRAST | $613.20 | $3,066.00 | $92.51–$2,759.40 | 80% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC CT CHEST WO CONTRAST | $643.86 | $3,066.00 | $92.51–$2,759.40 | 79% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TN HC CT CHEST WO CONTRAST | $643.86 | $3,066.00 | $92.51–$2,759.40 | 79% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TN HC CT CHEST WO CONTRAST | $643.86 | $3,066.00 | $92.51–$2,759.40 | 79% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC CT Scan,Thorax,W/O Contrast - CT Chest WO Contrast | $704.44 | $3,202.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC CT Scan,Thorax,W/O Contrast - CT Chest WO Contrast | $704.44 | $3,202.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis, TN HC CT Scan,Thorax,W/O Contrast - CT Chest WO Contrast | $704.44 | $3,202.00 | $50.00–$406.35 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp Germantown, TN HC CT Scan,Thorax,W/O Contrast - CT Chest WO Contrast | $704.44 | $3,202.00 | $50.00–$406.35 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis, TN HC CT Scan,Thorax,W/O Contrast - CT Chest WO Contrast | $704.44 | $3,202.00 | $50.00–$406.35 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis, TN HC CT Scan,Thorax,W/O Contrast - CT Chest WO Contrast | $739.64 | $3,362.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TN · (901) 476-2621 HC CT CHEST WO CONTRAST | $758.88 | $3,162.00 | $84.72–$2,845.80 | 76% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $459.90, median $704.44, highest $758.88 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $704.44. 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 6 of 9 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.
5 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden West Memphis, ARHC CT LUNG SCREENING | $37.50 | file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TNHC CT LUNG SCREENING | $52.50 | file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TNHC CT LUNG SCREENING | $52.50 | file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TNHC CT LUNG SCREENING | $52.50 | file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TNHC CT LUNG SCREENING | $78.96 | file |