Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Philadelphia, PA
In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 25 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $769.70 to $7,605.51, with a median of $1,576.80. The lowest listed price is at Virtua Memorial Hospital and 4 other hospitals — $807.10 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $1,666.07 at 94 hospitals.
Cash prices at 25 facilities across 21 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 Feb 26, 2026 and Sep 21, 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtua Memorial Hospital lowest Mount Holly, NJ · (609) 267-0700 HC CT Chest w/ & w/o Contrast source file | $769.70 | $7,697.00 | $186.77–$2,615.25 | 90% |
| Virtua Willingboro Hospital lowest Willinboro, NJ · (609) 835-2900 HC CT Chest w/ & w/o Contrast source file | $769.70 | $7,697.00 | $186.77–$2,615.25 | 90% |
| Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes lowest Camden, NJ · (856) 886-5373 HC CT Chest w/ & w/o Contrast source file | $769.70 | $7,697.00 | $186.77–$2,615.25 | 90% |
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Voorhees lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC CT Chest w/ & w/o Contrast source file | $769.70 | $7,697.00 | $186.77–$2,615.25 | 90% |
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Marlton lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC CT Chest w/ & w/o Contrast source file | $769.70 | $7,697.00 | $186.77–$2,615.25 | 90% |
| Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center Meadowbrook, PA · (215) 947-3000 Chest/Thorax Combined - CT File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $988.55 | $1,647.58 | $132.48–$1,433.39 | 40% |
| Inspira Health Center Woodbury Woodbury, NJ CHEST W/O & W CONT File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $1,189.03 | $1,189.03 | $198.76–$873.94 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ · (856) 363-1000 CHEST W/O & W CONT File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $1,189.03 | $1,189.03 | $198.76–$873.94 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Mullica Hill, NJ · (856) 363-1000 CHEST W/O & W CONT File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $1,189.03 | $1,189.03 | $197.34–$873.94 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Mannington Salem, NJ CHEST W/O & W CONT File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $1,189.03 | $1,189.03 | $198.76–$873.94 | — |
| Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 335-6000 HC CT Thorax Diagnostic W/O & W/Contrast File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $1,457.95 | $2,243.00 | $151.27–$2,198.14 | 35% |
| Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital Malvern, PA Hc Ct Chest W/Wo Contrast source file | $1,576.80 | $3,942.00 | — | 60% |
| Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA · (610) 645-2000 Hc Ct Chest W/Wo Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,576.80 | $3,942.00 | — | 60% |
| Riddle Memorial Hospital Media, PA · (610) 566-9400 Hc Ct Chest W/Wo Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,576.80 | $3,942.00 | — | 60% |
| The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA · (610) 526-3000 Hc Ct Chest W/Wo Contrast source file | $1,576.80 | $3,942.00 | — | 60% |
| Paoli Hospital Paoli, PA · (610) 648-1000 Hc Ct Chest W/Wo Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,576.80 | $3,942.00 | — | 60% |
| St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA · (215) 750-2003 HC CT Thorax Diagnostic W/O & W/Contrast File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $1,605.50 | $2,470.00 | $151.27–$2,346.50 | 35% |
| Union Hospital of Cecil County Elkton, MD · (410) 392-7009 DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY THORAX C-/C+ GLR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,702.47 | $1,702.47 | — | — |
| St. Francis Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 421-4100 HC CT Thorax Diagnostic W/O & W/Contrast File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $1,708.85 | $2,629.00 | $182.96–$2,523.84 | 35% |
| Shriners Childrens - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 430-4000 CT THORAX DX C-/C+ source file | $2,076.10 | $2,076.10 | $165.04–$539.75 | — |
| Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 CT Thorax W/ and W/O+1 more line at this price source file | $2,691.00 | $2,691.00 | — | — |
| Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 HC CT Thorax Diagnostic W/O & W/Contrast File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $2,940.60 | $4,524.00 | $144.16–$4,524.00 | 35% |
| St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus Sellersville, PA · (215) 453-4000 HB CT THORAX W/O & W/DYE File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $5,654.70 | $6,283.00 | $177.11–$19,247.55 | 10% |
| St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus Quakertown, PA · (267) 985-1000 HB CT THORAX W/O & W/DYE File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $5,654.70 | $6,283.00 | $167.37–$5,203.58 | 10% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 590-1000 CT,Thorax,W and W/O Contrast source file | $7,605.51 | $7,605.51 | $139.73–$6,844.96 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $769.70, median $1,576.80, highest $7,605.51 — a 9.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 18 facilities here, median $1,576.80. 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 11 of 18 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.
2 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Bucks Hospital Bristol, PAHc Diagnostic Computed Tomography Thorax C-/C+ | $172.00 | file |
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia, PAHc Diagnostic Computed Tomography Thorax C-/C+ | $179.00 | file |