Scans and imaging CPT 71250 Outpatient

Chest CT scan cost in Wichita Falls, TX

In Wichita Falls, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye: from $1,160.00 to $2,421.41, with a median of $1,790.71. The lowest listed price is at Clay County Memorial Hospital — $630.71 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $1,843.78 at 282 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 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$1,160.00Clay County Memorial Hospital
Median$1,790.71half pay less
Highest$2,421.41in this market
Difference2.1×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Wichita Falls, TX.

median
Lowest $1,160.00Highest $2,421.41

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Clay County Memorial Hospital lowest Henrietta, TX · (940) 538-5621 Ct Chest Wo Contrast $1,160.00 $1,657.00 $331.00–$530.00 30% —
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United Regional Health Care System Wichita Falls, TX · (940) 764-7000 Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; without contrast material $2,421.41 $2,548.85 $103.81–$2,421.41 5% —
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Outpatient: lowest $1,160.00, median $1,790.71, highest $2,421.41 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.

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.