Chest CT scan cost in Sacramento, CA
In Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye: from $1,430.40 to $2,844.80, with a median of $2,844.80. The lowest listed price is at Shriners Childrens - Northern California — $1,414.40 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $1,820.00 at 100 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 71250, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shriners Childrens - Northern California lowest Sacramento, CA · (916) 453-2000 CT THORAX DX C- | $1,430.40 | $1,430.40 | $100.00–$249.15 | — | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 688-2000 DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY THORAX W/O CNTRST | $2,844.80 | $5,080.00 | $180.00–$565.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 973-5000 DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY THORAX W/O CNTRST | $2,844.80 | $5,080.00 | $180.00–$565.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville Roseville, CA · (916) 784-4000 DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY THORAX W/O CNTRST | $2,844.80 | $5,080.00 | $180.00–$565.00 | 44% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,430.40, median $2,844.80, highest $2,844.80 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $2,844.80. 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 4 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.