Scans and imaging CPT 71250 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chest CT scan cost in DeKalb, MS — inpatient

In DeKalb, MS, 1 hospital lists a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $787.98 to $787.98, with a median of $787.98. Across Mississippi, the median is $826.40 at 54 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 71250, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$787.98Ochsner Stennis Memorial Hospital

Median$787.98half of hospitals charge less

Highest$787.98in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Stennis Memorial Hospital DeKalb, MS · (769) 486-1000 HC CT SCAN, THORAX, DX, W/O CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$787.98	$1,142.00	—	31%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $787.98, median $787.98, highest $787.98.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $787.98 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.