Scans and imaging CPT 71270 Outpatient

Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Baltimore, MD

In Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, 6 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $198.93 to $396.72, with a median of $314.05. The lowest listed price is at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center — $115.12 less than the median here. Across Maryland, the median is $292.09 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 2 cities for code 71270, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$198.93MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center

Median$314.05half of hospitals charge less

Highest$396.72in this market

Difference2.0×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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD.

median

Lowest $198.93Highest $396.72

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center lowest Baltimore, MD · (443) 777-7850 CT CHEST WO W CONTRAST DIAG+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$198.93	$202.99	$198.93–$202.99	2%
Greater Baltimore Medical Center Towson, MD · (443) 849-2000 HC CT Thorax - Ne/E source file	$264.81	$270.21	$264.81–$270.21	2%
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital Baltimore, MD · (443) 444-3902 NM CT CHEST WO W CONTRAST+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$301.53	$307.68	$301.53–$307.68	2%
MedStar Harbor Hospital Baltimore, MD · (410) 350-3201 CT CHEST WO W CONTRAST DIAG+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$326.57	$333.23	$326.57–$333.23	2%
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore, MD · (410) 554-2227 BC-CT CHEST WO W CONTRAST DIAG+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$376.94	$384.63	$376.94–$384.63	2%
Mercy Medical Center Baltimore, MD · (410) 332-9237 HC CAT SCAN OF CHEST COMBO source file	$396.72	$404.82	$404.82–$396.72	2%

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.

Outpatient: lowest $198.93, median $314.05, highest $396.72 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $330.77. 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 5 of 6 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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

This chest CT takes pictures before and after contrast dye. It is used for some lung and chest wall masses and blood vessel problems that a single scan cannot explain.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan and any contrast dye. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.