Scans and imaging CPT 71270 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Duluth, MN — inpatient

In Duluth, MN-WI, 5 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast as an inpatient: from $415.23 to $1,927.94, with a median of $1,516.35. The lowest listed price is at Range Regional Health Services — $1,101.12 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $1,590.33 at 80 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 71270, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$415.23Range Regional Health Services

Median$1,516.35half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,927.94in this market

Difference4.6×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 Duluth, MN-WI.

median

Lowest $415.23Highest $1,927.94

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Range Regional Health Services lowest Hibbing, MN · (218) 362-6730 HC CT THORAX, DIAGNOSTIC, WO&W CONT File of Jan 29, 2026 · source file	$415.23	$977.00	$444.54–$972.21	57%
Essentia Health Virginia Virginia, MN · (218) 741-3340 DIAGNOSTIC CT THORAX W&WO CONTRAST (TC) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file	$1,421.79	$2,264.00	$971.03–$2,039.86	37%
The Cook Hospital Cook, MN · (218) 666-5945 CT chest wo/w con source file	$1,516.35	$2,297.50	$438.00–$876.00	34%
Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 CT CHEST W/O & WITH CONTRAST source file	$1,626.24	$2,541.00	$376.50–$2,541.00	36%
Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Chest CT Scan Without/With Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,927.94	$3,544.00	—	46%

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 $415.23, median $1,516.35, highest $1,927.94 — a 4.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $1,553.34 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 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 1 it is 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.