Scans and imaging CPT 71270 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Charleston, SC — inpatient

In Charleston-North Charleston, SC, 5 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast as an inpatient: from $948.50 to $1,709.50, with a median of $1,709.50. The lowest listed price is at MUSC Medical Center — $761.00 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $1,934.60 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 71270, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$948.50MUSC Medical Center

Median$1,709.50half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,709.50in this market

Difference1.8×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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC.

median

Lowest $948.50Highest $1,709.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
MUSC Medical Center lowest Charleston, SC · (843) 792-2300 HB CT CHEST W/WO CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$948.50	$1,897.00	—	50%
Roper Hospital Charleston, SC · (843) 724-2800 HC CT Chest W/WO Contrast source file	$1,709.50	$2,630.00	—	35%
Roper St Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Mount Pleasant, SC · (843) 724-2954 HC CT Chest W/WO Contrast source file	$1,709.50	$2,630.00	—	35%
Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley Summerville, SC · (854) 529-3002 HC CT Chest W/WO Contrast source file	$1,709.50	$2,630.00	—	35%
Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital Charleston, SC · (843) 402-1006 HC CT Chest W/WO Contrast source file	$1,709.50	$2,630.00	—	35%

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 $948.50, median $1,709.50, highest $1,709.50 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $1,709.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.