Scans and imaging CPT 71271 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lung cancer screening CT cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for low-dose CT of the chest for lung cancer screening, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $63.28 to $111.54, with a median of $85.99. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner — $22.71 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $145.95 at 54 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 71271, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$63.28Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner

Median$85.99half of hospitals charge less

Highest$111.54in this market

Difference1.8×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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA.

median

Lowest $63.28Highest $111.54

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner lowest Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC CT SCAN, THORAX, LOW DOSE LUNG CANCER SCRN, W/O CONTRAST source file	$63.28	$226.00	—	72%
St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC CT SCAN, THORAX, LOW DOSE LUNG CANCER SCRN, W/O CONTRAST source file	$66.69	$247.00	—	73%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC CT SCAN, THORAX, LOW DOSE LUNG CANCER SCRN, W/O CONTRAST source file	$105.28	$329.00	—	68%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC CT SCAN, THORAX, LOW DOSE LUNG CANCER SCRN, W/O CONTRAST source file	$111.54	$507.00	—	78%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $63.28, median $85.99, highest $111.54 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $54.19 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.