Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Little Rock, AR
In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 10 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $384.28 to $3,190.85, with a median of $621.37. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Health Medical Center - Conway and 2 other hospitals — $237.09 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $851.66 at 47 hospitals.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 5 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 Nov 21, 2025 and Jul 2, 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Conway lowest Conway, AR · (501) 585-2000 71270 - DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY THORAX C--C+ source file | $384.28 | $1,537.12 | $164.80–$474.71 | 75% |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock lowest North Little Rock, AR · (501) 202-3000 71270 - DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY THORAX C--C+ source file | $384.28 | $1,537.12 | $164.80–$471.24 | 75% |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock lowest Little Rock, AR · (501) 202-2000 71270 - DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY THORAX C--C+ source file | $384.28 | $1,537.12 | $164.80–$408.87 | 75% |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital-Encore Bryant, AR · (501) 213-4500 CT Chest w/ + w/o Contrast - Report+3 more lines at this price File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file | $604.00 | $755.00 | $377.50–$566.25 | 20% |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 219-7000 CT Chest Abdomen Pelvis w/ + w/o Contras+3 more lines at this price File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file | $604.00 | $755.00 | $377.50–$566.25 | 20% |
| Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, AR · (501) 329-3831 CT THORAX WW/O CONTRAST+1 more line at this price File of Jul 2, 2026 · source file | $638.73 | $2,903.32 | $174.94–$2,903.32 | 78% |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 CT SCAN OF CHEST BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST source file | $643.20 | $1,072.00 | $159.07–$887.00 | 40% |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 CT THORAX DX C-/C+ source file | $700.80 | $1,168.00 | $159.07–$887.00 | 40% |
| St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Sherwood, AR · (501) 552-7100 CT CHEST WO W File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $843.69 | $3,319.00 | $163.27–$2,117.84 | 75% |
| CHI St. Vincent Infirmary Little Rock, AR · (501) 552-3000 CT CHEST WO W File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $851.66 | $3,319.00 | $169.25–$2,117.84 | 74% |
| Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 364-1100 CT THORAX DX C-/C+ source file | $3,190.85 | $3,545.39 | $163.99–$1,950.30 | 10% |
Outpatient: lowest $384.28, median $621.37, highest $3,190.85 — a 8.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $843.69. 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 7 of 10 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.