Lung cancer screening CT cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 17 hospitals list a cash price for low-dose CT of the chest for lung cancer screening, no contrast dye: from $49.60 to $908.14, with a median of $422.64. The lowest listed price is at Norton Brownsboro Hospital and 4 other hospitals — $373.04 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $487.21 at 76 hospitals.
- The median here, $422.64, is 11% above the US median of $380.16.
- That is 4.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($106.81).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 17 facilities across 9 cities for code 71271, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital lowest Louisville, KY HB CT LOW DOSE LUNG CANCER SCRN File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $49.60 | $248.00 | $40.92–$1,044.38 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital lowest Louisville, KY HB CT LOW DOSE LUNG CANCER SCRN File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $49.60 | $248.00 | $40.92–$1,044.38 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital lowest Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB CT LOW DOSE LUNG CANCER SCRN File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $49.60 | $248.00 | $40.92–$1,044.38 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital lowest Louisville, KY HB CT LOW DOSE LUNG CANCER SCRN File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $49.60 | $248.00 | $40.92–$1,044.38 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital lowest Louisville, KY HB CT LOW DOSE LUNG CANCER SCRN File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $49.60 | $248.00 | $40.92–$1,044.38 | 80% |
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB CT LOW DOSE LUNG CANCER SCRN File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $101.22 | $723.00 | $80.90–$632.63 | 86% |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 Low dose CT scan of chest for lung cancer screening File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $162.00 | $270.00 | $52.16–$670.00 | 40% |
| University of Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 LUNG CT SCREENING File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $281.76 | $1,174.00 | $197.23–$1,174.00 | 76% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY LUNG CT SCREENING File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $422.64 | $1,174.00 | $197.23–$1,174.00 | 64% |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville Shelbyville, KY · (502) 647-4000 LUNG CT SCREENING File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $446.12 | $1,174.00 | $157.20–$1,174.00 | 62% |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 587-4011 LUNG CT SCREENING File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $528.30 | $1,174.00 | $197.23–$1,174.00 | 55% |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital Shepherdville, KY LUNG CT SCREENING File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $528.30 | $1,174.00 | $197.23–$1,174.00 | 55% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 CT LOW DOSE LUNG CA SCREENING+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $562.80 | $938.00 | $21.01–$315.51 | 40% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Low dose CT scan of chest for lung cancer screening File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $577.50 | $770.00 | $80.90–$2,128.00 | 25% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Low dose CT scan of chest for lung cancer screening File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $577.50 | $770.00 | $69.30–$1,540.00 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Low dose CT scan of chest for lung cancer screening File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $577.50 | $770.00 | $84.70–$1,540.00 | 25% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 CT Low Dose Lung Screening Initial+1 more line at this price File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $908.14 | $2,152.00 | $103.00–$1,923.00 | 58% |
Outpatient: lowest $49.60, median $422.64, highest $908.14 — a 18.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $281.76. 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 16 of 17 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 lung cancer screening CT is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Lung cancer screening CT explained.