Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Pensacola, FL
In Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL, 6 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $230.85 to $15,432.35, with a median of $1,285.55. The lowest listed price is at Jay Hospital — $1,054.70 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $3,984.60 at 165 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 4 cities for code 71270, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 23, 2025 and Sep 1, 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Hospital lowest Jay, FL · (850) 675-4532 THORAX CT W/WO CONTRAST | $230.85 | $1,539.00 | $39.31–$1,504.00 | 85% | Dec 23, 2025 source file |
| Gulf Breeze Hospital Gulf Breeze, FL · (850) 934-2000 THORAX CT W/WO CONTRAST | $960.00 | $6,400.00 | $164.04–$1,676.00 | 85% | Dec 23, 2025 source file |
| Baptist Health Care Pensacola, FL · (850) 434-4011 THORAX CT W/WO CONTRAST | $960.00 | $6,400.00 | $960.00–$6,400.00 | 85% | Dec 23, 2025 source file |
| HMA Santa Rosa Medical Center Milton, FL · (850) 626-7762 CT Chest Diagnostic WWO | $1,611.09 | $10,740.60 | $168.05–$8,592.48 | 85% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola, FL · (850) 416-7000 CT THORAX W/O THEN W/ CON | $1,754.40 | $4,386.00 | $393.89–$1,359.00 | 60% | — source file |
| Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola, FL · (850) 416-7000 CT THORAX W/O THEN W/ CONTRAST | $1,754.40 | $4,386.00 | $393.89–$1,359.00 | 60% | — source file |
| HCA Florida West Hospital Pensacola, FL · (850) 494-4000 Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections UNSCHEDULED | $15,432.35 | $15,432.35 | $2,667.26–$2,807.64 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida West Hospital Pensacola, FL · (850) 494-4000 Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections | $15,432.35 | $15,432.35 | $401.74–$1,975.00 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida West Hospital Pensacola, FL · (850) 494-4000 CT CHEST W&W/O CONT | $15,432.35 | $15,432.35 | $1,959.91–$15,432.35 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $230.85, median $1,285.55, highest $15,432.35 — a 66.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $960.00. 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 4 of 6 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.