Scans and imaging CPT 71271 Outpatient

Lung cancer screening CT cost in Corning, NY

In Corning, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for low-dose CT of the chest for lung cancer screening, no contrast dye: from $202.00 to $2,291.19, with a median of $483.94. The lowest listed price is at St. James Hospital — $281.94 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $247.40 at 60 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 71271, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 27, 2026 and Mar 27, 2026.

Lowest$202.00St. James Hospital
Median$483.94half pay less
Highest$2,291.19in this market
Difference11.3×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 Corning, NY.

median
Lowest $202.00Highest $2,291.19

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St. James Hospital lowest Hornell, NY · (607) 324-8000 HB Computed Tomography Thorax Lw Dose Lng Ca Scr C- $202.00 — — — —
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Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath, NY · (607) 776-8500 HC CT Lung Cancer Screening - Low Dose $483.94 $2,419.71 $1,013.13–$2,419.71 80% Mar 27, 2026
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 CT Thorax Lung Cancer Scr C- $2,291.19 $2,863.99 $149.49–$2,058.06 20% —
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 CT Thorax Lung Cancer Scr C- $2,291.19 $2,863.99 $149.49–$2,863.99 20% —
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Outpatient: lowest $202.00, median $483.94, highest $2,291.19 — a 11.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,291.19. 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 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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

A low-dose CT for lung cancer screening uses a lower amount of radiation to look for early lung cancer in people without symptoms. It is offered to certain adults based on their age and smoking history, usually as a yearly scan.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the low-dose scan. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately, and a shared decision-making visit with a clinician is billed as its own service.