Scans and imaging CPT 71250 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chest CT scan cost in Baudette, MN — inpatient

In Baudette, MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $1,448.70 to $1,554.35, with a median of $1,501.53. The lowest listed price is at Lakewood Health Center — $52.83 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $1,290.51 at 72 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 71250, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 6, 2024 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$1,448.70Lakewood Health Center
Median$1,501.53half pay less
Highest$1,554.35in this market
Difference1.1×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 Baudette, MN.

median
Lowest $1,448.70Highest $1,554.35

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lakewood Health Center lowest Baudette, MN · (218) 634-2120 CHEST WO CONT $1,448.70 $2,195.00 $834.10–$2,151.10 34% Feb 28, 2026
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CHI LakeWood Health Baudette, MN · (218) 634-2120 CHEST WO CONT $1,554.35 $2,078.00 $810.42–$2,036.44 25% Aug 6, 2024
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Inpatient: lowest $1,448.70, median $1,501.53, highest $1,554.35 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,501.53 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 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.