Scans and imaging CPT 71270 Outpatient

Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Miami, FL

In Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, 30 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $190.00 to $21,654.00, with a median of $5,045.62. The lowest listed price is at Jackson Health System — $4,855.62 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $3,984.60 at 165 hospitals.

Cash prices at 30 facilities across 22 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 Mar 13, 2026 and Sep 15, 2026.

Lowest$190.00Jackson Health System
Median$5,045.62half of hospitals charge less
Highest$21,654.00in this market
Difference114.0×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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.

median
Lowest $190.00Highest $21,654.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Jackson Health System lowest Miami, FL · (305) 585-1111 CT scan of chest before and after contrast+3 more lines at this price File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $190.00 $2,618.00 $146.53–$4,319.70 93%
PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Jupiter Jupiter, FL CT Chest W/O & W/Dye File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $839.18 $839.18 $126.53–$713.30 —
Cleveland Clinic Hospital Weston, FL · (954) 689-5000 DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY THORAX C-/C+ File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file $997.75 $1,535.00 $178.69–$1,746.00 35%
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Boca Raton, FL · (561) 955-4200 CT THORAX DX C-/C+ File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $3,441.75 $5,295.00 $179.88–$3,457.64 35%
Holy Cross Hospital-Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale, FL · (954) 771-8000 HC CT Thorax Diagnostic W/O & W/Contrast File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file $3,706.95 $5,703.00 $171.27–$5,703.00 35%
South Miami Hospital South Miami, FL · (786) 662-4000 Chest CT wwo con File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $3,785.60 $5,824.00 $183.17–$5,824.00 35%
Homestead Hospital Homestead, FL · (786) 243-8000 Chest CT wwo con File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $3,785.60 $5,824.00 $167.89–$5,824.00 35%
Baptist Hospital of Miami Miami, FL · (786) 596-1960 CT THORAX DX C-/C+ File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $3,785.60 $5,824.00 $173.17–$5,824.00 35%
West Kendall Baptist Hospital Miami, FL · (786) 467-2000 Chest CT wwo con File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $3,785.60 $5,824.00 $183.17–$5,824.00 35%
Doctors Hospital Coral Gables, FL · (786) 308-3000 Chest CT wwo con File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $3,785.60 $5,824.00 $183.17–$5,824.00 35%
Bethesda Hospital Boynton Beach, FL · (561) 737-7733 Chest CT wwo con File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $3,785.60 $5,824.00 $183.17–$5,824.00 35%
South Miami Hospital South Miami, FL · (786) 662-4000 Chest CT w wo con UC File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $3,872.70 $5,958.00 $183.17–$5,958.00 35%
Baptist Hospital of Miami Miami, FL · (786) 596-1960 Chest CT w wo con UC File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $3,872.70 $5,958.00 $173.17–$5,958.00 35%
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida Miami Beach, FL · (305) 674-2121 HC CT THORAX DX W WO CONTRAST File of Mar 13, 2026 · source file $4,465.94 $4,465.94 $129.72–$4,465.94 —
Broward Health Imperial Point Fort Lauderdale, FL · (954) 776-8500 HC CAT SCAN OF CHEST COMBO - CT CHEST W WO CONTRAST File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file $4,879.19 $4,879.19 $190.49–$3,903.35 —
Broward Health North Deerfield Beach, FL · (954) 786-6400 HC CAT SCAN OF CHEST COMBO - CT CHEST W WO CONTRAST File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file $4,920.73 $4,920.73 $190.49–$3,936.58 —
Broward Health Coral Springs Coral Springs, FL · (954) 344-3121 HC CAT SCAN OF CHEST COMBO - CT CHEST W WO CONTRAST File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file $4,949.39 $4,949.39 $190.49–$3,959.51 —
Broward Health Medical Center Fort Lauderdale, FL · (954) 355-4400 HC CAT SCAN OF CHEST COMBO - CT CHEST W WO CONTRAST File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file $5,141.84 $5,141.84 $190.49–$4,113.47 —
Memorial Regional Hospital Hollywood, FL · (954) 987-2000 HC CT Thorax W/WO Cont. File of May 27, 2026 · source file $5,706.40 $8,152.00 $183.17–$6,929.20 30%
Memorial Hospital Miramar Miramar, FL · (954) 538-5000 HC CT Thorax W/WO Cont. File of May 27, 2026 · source file $5,706.40 $8,152.00 $194.16–$6,929.20 30%
Memorial Hospital West Pembroke Pines, FL · (954) 436-5000 HC CT Thorax W/WO Cont. File of May 27, 2026 · source file $5,706.40 $8,152.00 $183.17–$6,929.20 30%
Memorial Hospital Pembroke Pembroke Pines, FL · (954) 962-9650 HC CT Thorax W/WO Cont. File of May 27, 2026 · source file $5,706.40 $8,152.00 $194.16–$6,929.20 30%
HCA Florida Aventura Hospital Hialeah, FL · (305) 682-7000 CT CHEST W&W/O CONT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $10,251.00 $10,251.00 $5,945.58 —
HCA Florida Northwest Hospital Margate, FL · (954) 974-0400 Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections UNSCHEDULED+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $11,809.00 $11,809.00 $303.54–$10,037.65 —
HCA Florida Westside Hospital Plantation, FL · (954) 587-5010 CT CHEST W&W/O CONT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $11,838.00 $11,838.00 $6,984.42 —
HCA Florida University Hospital Pembroke Pines, FL · (954) 475-4400 CT CHEST W&W/O CONT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $15,400.00 $15,400.00 $1,324.40–$7,700.00 —
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital Miami, FL · (954) 587-5010 CT CHEST W&W/O CONT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $16,371.00 $16,371.00 $9,658.89 —
HCA Florida Palms West Hospital Loxahatchee, FL · (561) 798-3300 Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $18,630.00 $18,630.00 $303.54–$22,356.00 —
HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital Tamarac, FL · (954) 721-2200 Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $19,807.00 $19,807.00 $303.54–$16,835.95 —
HCA Florida JFK North Hospital West Palm Beach, FL · (561) 965-7300 Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections UNSCHEDULED+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $20,096.00 $20,096.00 $303.54–$11,856.64 —
HCA Florida JFK Hospital Boynton Beach, FL · (561) 965-7300 CT CHEST W&W/O CONT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $20,096.00 $20,096.00 $11,856.64 —
HCA Florida Kendall Hospital Homestead, FL · (305) 223-3000 CT CHEST W&W/O CONT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $21,654.00 $21,654.00 $1,862.24–$25,984.80 —
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.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $190.00, median $5,045.62, highest $21,654.00 — a 114.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 18 facilities here, median $4,125.77. 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 15 of 30 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.

4 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71270 ($1,887.60). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

HospitalCash priceFile
Hialeah Hospital Hialeah, FLCT THORAX; W & WO CONTRAST $180.24 file
Palmetto General Hospital Hialeah, FLCT THORAX; W & WO CONTRAST $180.24 file
North Shore Medical Center Miami, FLCT THORAX; W & WO CONTRAST $180.24 file
Coral Gables Hospital Coral Gables, FLCT THORAX; W & WO CONTRAST $180.24 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.