Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Chattanooga, TN
In Chattanooga, TN-GA, 8 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $1,604.92 to $6,071.31, with a median of $3,857.16. The lowest listed price is at CHI Memorial Hospital - Hixson and 1 other hospital — $2,252.24 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $963.08 at 86 hospitals.
Cash prices at 8 facilities across 5 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 25, 2026 and Sep 1, 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 Chattanooga, TN-GA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Memorial Hospital - Hixson lowest Hixson, TN HC CT CHEST WOW CONTRAST File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $1,604.92 | $5,422.00 | $165.85–$3,795.40 | 70% |
| CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia lowest Ringgold, GA · (770) 874-5400 HC CT CHEST WOW CONTRAST File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $1,604.92 | $5,422.00 | $159.16–$4,391.82 | 70% |
| Erlanger Health Chattanooga, TN · (423) 778-7000 HC Thorax,CT,W/WO Contrast File of Jan 25, 2026 · source file | $1,698.05 | $3,216.00 | $672.47–$2,733.60 | 47% |
| Memorial Health Care System Chattanooga, TN · (423) 495-2525 HC CT CHEST WOW CONTRAST File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $2,293.51 | $5,422.00 | $165.85–$3,795.40 | 58% |
| Parkridge Valley Hospital Chattanooga, TN · (423) 894-4220 CT CHEST W&W/O CONT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $5,420.81 | $5,420.81 | $813.12–$4,770.31 | — |
| Parkridge Medical Center Chattanooga, TN · (423) 894-4220 CT CHEST W&W/O CONT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $5,420.81 | $5,420.81 | $823.96–$4,770.31 | — |
| Parkridge West Hospital Jasper, TN · (423) 894-4220 CT CHEST W&W/O CONT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $6,071.31 | $6,071.31 | $315.11–$5,342.75 | — |
| Parkridge East Hospital East Ridge, TN CT CHEST W&W/O CONT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $6,071.31 | $6,071.31 | $922.84–$5,342.75 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $1,604.92, median $3,857.16, highest $6,071.31 — a 3.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $1,651.49. 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 4 of 8 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.