Scans and imaging CPT 71271 Outpatient

Lung cancer screening CT cost in Gulfport, MS

In Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, 3 hospitals list a cash price for low-dose CT of the chest for lung cancer screening, no contrast dye: from $37.50 to $100.00, with a median of $37.50. The lowest listed price is at Pascagoula Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across Mississippi, the median is $66.60 at 35 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 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 24, 2026 and Feb 24, 2026.

Lowest$37.50Pascagoula Hospital + 1 more
Median$37.50half pay less
Highest$100.00in this market
Difference2.7×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 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS.

median
Lowest $37.50Highest $150.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Pascagoula Hospital lowest Pascagoula, MS · (228) 809-5000 CT THORAX LUNG CANCER SCR C- $37.50 $125.00 $93.24–$730.00 70% Feb 24, 2026
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Ocean Springs Hospital lowest Ocean Springs, MS · (228) 575-7000 CT THORAX LUNG CANCER SCR C- $37.50 $125.00 $93.24–$9,277.00 70% Feb 24, 2026
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Singing River Gulfport Gulfport, MS · (228) 575-7000 LOW DOSE CT SCAN OF CHEST FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENING $100.00 $500.00 $89.69–$812.00 80% —
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Pascagoula Hospital Pascagoula, MS · (228) 809-5000 LOW DOSE CT SCAN OF CHEST FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENING $150.00 $500.00 $93.24–$730.00 70% Feb 24, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $37.50, median $37.50, highest $100.00 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.

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 2 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71271 ($348.65). 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.

Singing River Gulfport Gulfport, MSCT THORAX LUNG CANCER SCR C- $25.00 file