Scans and imaging CPT 71270 Outpatient

Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Minot, ND

In Minot, ND, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $1,662.40 to $1,662.40, with a median of $1,662.40. The lowest listed price is at Kenmare Community Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across North Dakota, the median is $1,706.00 at 31 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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$1,662.40Kenmare Community Hospital + 1 more
Median$1,662.40half pay less
Highest$1,662.40in this market
Difference1.0×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 Minot, ND.

median
Lowest $1,662.40Highest $1,662.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Kenmare Community Hospital lowest Kenmare, ND · (701) 385-4296 CT CHEST W/ + W/O CONTRAST $1,662.40 $2,078.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Trinity Hospitals lowest Minot, ND · (701) 857-5000 CT CHEST W/ + W/O CONTRAST $1,662.40 $2,078.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,662.40, median $1,662.40, highest $1,662.40.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,662.40. 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.