Chest CT, with/without dye cost in Salt Lake City, UT
In Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, 5 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $1,807.40 to $5,057.23, with a median of $2,320.76. The lowest listed price is at University of Utah Hospital and Clinics — $513.36 less than the median here. Across Utah, the median is $3,531.03 at 15 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 71270, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 30, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 17, 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics lowest Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 CT Thorax, Diagnostic, W/WO Contrast source file | $1,807.40 | $2,582.00 | $531.42–$1,292.85 | 30% |
| Mountain West Medical Center Tooele, UT · (435) 843-3700 CT scan of chest before and after contrast File of Sep 17, 2026 · source file | $1,899.48 | $3,165.80 | $177.60–$2,912.54 | 40% |
| St Mark's Hospital Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 268-7111 CT CHEST W&W/O CONT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,320.76 | $2,320.76 | $477.84–$1,972.65 | — |
| Lone Peak Hospital Draper, UT · (801) 545-8000 Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $5,057.23 | $5,057.23 | $265.25–$3,944.64 | — |
| Herriman Emergency Center Herriman, UT · (801) 545-8000 Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sections +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $5,057.23 | $5,057.23 | $401.74–$3,944.64 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $1,807.40, median $2,320.76, highest $5,057.23 — a 2.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,807.40. 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 1 of 5 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.