Chest CT scan cost in Moses Lake, WA
In Moses Lake, WA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye: from $1,423.00 to $1,453.53, with a median of $1,438.27. The lowest listed price is at Samaritan Hospital — $15.27 less than the median here. Across Washington, the median is $1,427.15 at 42 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 May 27, 2026 and May 27, 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 Moses Lake, WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan Hospital lowest Moses Lake, WA · (509) 765-5606 CT scan of chest without contrast | $1,423.00 | $1,423.00 | $53.28–$1,351.85 | — | — source file |
| Samaritan Hospital lowest Moses Lake, WA · (509) 765-5606 CT scan of chest without contrast | $1,423.00 | $1,423.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Quincy Valley Medical Center Quincy, WA · (509) 787-3531 CT scan of chest without contrast | $1,453.53 | $1,453.53 | $770.08–$1,380.85 | — | May 27, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,423.00, median $1,438.27, highest $1,453.53.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,423.00. 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 0 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71250 ($1,166.90). 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.
| Samaritan Hospital Moses Lake, WAHC PR 71250 CT Thorax W/O Contrast Material | $96.00 | file |
| Samaritan Hospital Moses Lake, WAHC PR 71250 CT Thorax W/O Contrast Material | $96.00 | file |