Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Beaumont, TX
In Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX, 6 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $515.46 to $4,904.60, with a median of $515.46. The lowest listed price is at CHRISTUS West Beaumont and 4 other hospitals. Across Texas, the median is $2,730.37 at 282 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 3 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 Jan 13, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTUS West Beaumont lowest Beaumont, TX · (409) 892-7171 HC 71270 DX - CT THORAX W/O & W CONTRAST | $515.46 | $1,562.00 | $89.16–$1,996.00 | 67% | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| Christus Health Southeast Texas lowest Port Arthur, TX · (409) 892-7171 HC 71270 DX - CT THORAX W/O & W CONTRAST | $515.46 | $1,562.00 | $89.16–$1,996.00 | 67% | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| Christus Health Southeast Texas lowest Beaumont, TX · (409) 892-7171 HC 71270 DX - CT THORAX W/O & W CONTRAST | $515.46 | $1,562.00 | $89.16–$1,996.00 | 67% | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| CHRISTUS Hospital - Orange lowest Orange, TX · (409) 892-7171 HC 71270 DX - CT THORAX W/O & W CONTRAST | $515.46 | $1,562.00 | $89.16–$1,996.00 | 67% | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| Southeast Texas Orthopedic Specialty Center lowest Port Arthur, TX HC 71270 DX - CT THORAX W/O & W CONTRAST | $515.46 | $1,562.00 | $89.16–$1,996.00 | 67% | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| Pam Rehabilitation Hospital of Beaumont Beaumont, TX CT Chest W/O & W/Dye | $4,904.60 | $4,904.60 | $125.84–$4,168.91 | — | Aug 6, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $515.46, median $515.46, highest $4,904.60 — a 9.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4,904.60. 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 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
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71270 ($1,878.80). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| The Medical Center of Southeast Texas Port Arthur, TXCT THORAX; W & WO CONTRAST | $173.38 | file |