Scans and imaging CPT 71270 Outpatient

Chest CT, with/without dye cost in York, PA

In York-Hanover, PA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for chest CT scan without and with contrast: from $562.00 to $1,424.40, with a median of $1,424.40. The lowest listed price is at York Hospital — $862.40 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $1,666.07 at 92 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 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 — and —.

Lowest$562.00York Hospital
Median$1,424.40half pay less
Highest$1,424.40in this market
Difference2.5×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 York-Hanover, PA.

median
Lowest $562.00Highest $1,424.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
York Hospital lowest York, PA · (717) 851-2345 CT Scan of Chest Before and After Contrast $562.00 $2,645.00 $129.38–$2,512.75 79% —
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UPMC Memorial York, PA · (717) 843-8623 HC CT CHEST W/WO CONTRAST $1,424.40 $2,374.00 $135.59–$2,079.84 40% —
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UPMC Hanover Hanover, PA · (717) 637-3711 HC CT CHEST W/WO CONTRAST $1,424.40 $2,374.00 $135.59–$2,349.00 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $562.00, median $1,424.40, highest $1,424.40 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,424.40. 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 3 of 3 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.