Chest CT scan cost in Rapid City, SD
In Rapid City, SD, 1 hospital lists a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye: from $148.92 to $148.92, with a median of $148.92. Across South Dakota, the median is $2,077.60 at 8 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Rapid City, SD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital one side lowest Rapid City, SD · (605) 721-4700 PC CT SC JOINT RT WO | $148.92 | $248.20 | $128.43–$248.20 | 40% | — source file |
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital Rapid City, SD · (605) 721-4700 CT CHEST/THORAX W/O CONTRAST | $308.94 | $514.90 | $128.43–$463.41 | 40% | — source file |
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital one side Rapid City, SD · (605) 721-4700 CT SCAPULA LEFT W/O CONTRAST | $723.00 | $1,205.00 | $128.43–$1,084.50 | 40% | — source file |
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital one side Rapid City, SD · (605) 721-4700 CT SC JOINT RIGHT W/O CONTRAST | $723.00 | $1,205.00 | $128.43–$1,084.50 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $148.92, median $148.92, highest $148.92.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $148.92. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 ($1,044.28). 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.
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital Rapid City, SDPC CT CHEST/THORAX WO CONTRAST | $78.54 | file |
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital Rapid City, SDEXECUTIVE HEALTH CT LUNG SCREEN | $96.64 | file |