Scans and imaging CPT 71270 Outpatient

Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Manchester, NH

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $799.20 to $2,496.95, with a median of $1,135.20. The lowest listed price is at Southern NH Medical Center — $336.00 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $2,141.39 at 16 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$799.20Southern NH Medical Center
Median$1,135.20half pay less
Highest$2,496.95in this market
Difference3.1×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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median
Lowest $799.20Highest $2,496.95

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Southern NH Medical Center lowest Nashua, NH · (603) 577-2000 HC CHEST CT W&W/O CONT DIAGNOSTIC $799.20 $2,160.00 — 63% Apr 1, 2026
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Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Chest Ct W&W/O Cont Diagnostic $890.96 $2,408.00 — 63% Apr 1, 2026
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St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC CT CHEST W/WO CONTRAST $1,379.43 $3,537.00 — 61% —
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Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 CT CHEST W AND W/O CONTRAST $2,496.95 $4,161.58 — 40% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $799.20, median $1,135.20, highest $2,496.95 — a 3.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $1,135.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.