Scans and imaging CPT 71270 Outpatient

Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Bluefield, WV

In Bluefield, WV-VA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $1,373.40 to $2,327.42, with a median of $1,850.41. The lowest listed price is at Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital — $477.01 less than the median here. Across West Virginia, the median is $1,235.50 at 32 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 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 — and —.

Lowest$1,373.40Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital

Median$1,850.41half of hospitals charge less

Highest$2,327.42in this market

Difference1.7×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 Bluefield, WV-VA.

median

Lowest $1,373.40Highest $2,327.42

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital lowest Tazewell, VA · (276) 988-8700 HB CT CHEST W AND W/O CONTRAST source file	$1,373.40	$3,924.00	$153.99–$3,767.04	65%
Clinch Valley Health Richlands, VA · (276) 596-6000 Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections source file	$2,327.42	$5,818.55	$169.98–$5,818.55	60%

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 $1,373.40, median $1,850.41, highest $2,327.42 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

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

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 ($1,887.60). 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.

Hospital	Cash price	File
Princeton Community Hospital Assn Princeton, WVCT THORAX DX C-/C+	$118.00	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.