Scans and imaging CPT 71270 Outpatient

Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Omaha, NE

In Omaha, NE-IA, 13 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $350.00 to $2,293.50, with a median of $1,265.04. The lowest listed price is at Midwest Surgical Hospital — $915.04 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $2,752.00 at 51 hospitals.

Cash prices at 13 facilities across 6 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 Feb 14, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026.

Lowest$350.00Midwest Surgical Hospital
Median$1,265.04half pay less
Highest$2,293.50in this market
Difference6.6×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 Omaha, NE-IA.

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Lowest $350.00Highest $2,293.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Midwest Surgical Hospital lowest Omaha, NE · (402) 399-1900 CT THORAX DX C-/C+ $350.00 $1,636.00 $181.25–$1,097.00 79% —
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Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue, NE · (402) 763-3600 CT scan of chest before and after contrast $828.75 $1,275.00 $318.75–$3,292.69 35% Aug 10, 2026
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Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 559-4000 CT scan of chest before and after contrast $828.75 $1,275.00 $318.75–$3,292.69 35% Aug 10, 2026
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Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 396-6000 CT Exam $892.20 $2,974.00 $339.62–$2,081.80 70% Feb 15, 2026
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Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 CT Exam $1,122.12 $3,117.00 $339.62–$2,181.90 64% Feb 14, 2026
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Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 CT Exam $1,122.12 $3,117.00 $339.62–$2,181.90 64% Feb 14, 2026
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Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 572-2121 HC CT CHEST W WO CONTRAST $1,265.04 $3,012.00 $146.61–$2,560.20 58% Feb 28, 2026
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CHI Health Midlands Papillion, NE · (402) 593-3000 HC CT CHEST W WO CONTRAST $1,265.04 $3,012.00 $144.98–$2,560.20 58% Feb 28, 2026
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CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 328-5000 HC CT CHEST W WO CONTRAST $1,265.04 $3,012.00 $169.01–$2,560.20 58% Feb 28, 2026
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Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha, NE HC CT CHEST W WO CONTRAST $1,265.04 $3,012.00 $150.18–$2,560.20 58% Feb 28, 2026
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CHI Health Lakeside Omaha, NE · (402) 717-8000 HC CT CHEST W WO CONTRAST $1,265.04 $3,012.00 $144.98–$2,560.20 58% Feb 28, 2026
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CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE · (402) 398-6020 HC CT CHEST W WO CONTRAST $1,265.04 $3,012.00 $150.18–$2,560.20 58% Feb 28, 2026
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Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley, IA · (712) 642-2784 HC CT CHEST W WO CONTRAST $2,065.35 $4,215.00 $1,475.25–$4,130.70 51% Feb 28, 2026
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Saunders Medical Center Wahoo, NE · (402) 443-4191 CT Chest w/ + w/o Contrast $2,293.50 $3,058.00 — 25% —
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Outpatient: lowest $350.00, median $1,265.04, highest $2,293.50 — a 6.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $1,265.04. 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 12 of 12 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.