Chest CT, with/without dye cost in College Station, TX
In College Station-Bryan, TX, 4 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $761.78 to $2,366.31, with a median of $761.78. The lowest listed price is at CHI St. Joseph Health - College Station Hospital and 2 other hospitals. Across Texas, the median is $2,730.37 at 282 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 71270, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Jun 12, 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 College Station-Bryan, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI St. Joseph Health - College Station Hospital lowest College Station, TX · (979) 776-3912 CT THORAX W/WO CONTRAST | $761.78 | $4,353.00 | $172.35–$3,700.05 | 82% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| CHI St Joseph Health Regional Hospital lowest Bryan, TX · (979) 776-3912 CT THORAX W/WO CONTRAST | $761.78 | $4,353.00 | $172.35–$3,700.05 | 82% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Burleson St. Joseph Health Center of Caldwell, Texas lowest Caldwell, TX · (979) 567-3245 CT THORAX W/WO CONTRAST | $761.78 | $4,353.00 | $220.58–$3,917.70 | 82% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - College Station College Station, TX · (979) 691-3701 HC CT THORAX SCAN, W/WO CONTRAST | $2,366.31 | $3,943.85 | $167.39–$3,549.47 | 40% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $761.78, median $761.78, highest $2,366.31 — a 3.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $761.78. 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 4 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.