Lung cancer screening CT cost in Phoenix, AZ
In Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ, 14 hospitals list a cash price for low-dose CT of the chest for lung cancer screening, no contrast dye: from $38.45 to $755.24, with a median of $100.61. The lowest listed price is at Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital — $62.16 less than the median here. Across Arizona, the median is $139.20 at 35 hospitals.
- The median here, $100.61, is 74% below the US median of $380.16.
- That is 0.9× 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 14 facilities across 9 cities for code 71271, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 2, 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital lowest Mesa, AZ · (480) 410-4500 CT LUNG SCREENING LOW DOSE File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $38.45 | $170.00 | $90.10–$1,526.00 | 77% |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert, AZ · (480) 543-2000 CT LOW DOSE SCRN CA LUNG WO CNT File of Sep 22, 2026 · source file | $70.48 | $538.00 | $79.00–$1,339.00 | 87% |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City, AZ · (623) 832-4000 CT LOW DOSE SCRN CA LUNG WO CNT File of Sep 19, 2026 · source file | $85.54 | $538.00 | $79.00–$1,218.00 | 84% |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande, AZ · (520) 381-6300 CT LOW DOSE SCRN CA LUNG WO CNT File of Sep 23, 2026 · source file | $88.77 | $538.00 | $79.00–$947.00 | 84% |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ · (602) 839-2000 CT LOW DOSE SCRN CA LUNG WO CNT File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $89.31 | $538.00 | $79.00–$1,218.00 | 83% |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction, AZ · (480) 733-3300 CT LOW DOSE SCRN CA LUNG WO CNT File of Sep 23, 2026 · source file | $95.23 | $538.00 | $79.00–$1,218.00 | 82% |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center Queen Creek, AZ · (480) 394-4000 CT LOW DOSE SCRN CA LUNG WO CNT File of Sep 23, 2026 · source file | $97.38 | $538.00 | $79.00–$1,218.00 | 82% |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale, AZ · (602) 865-4470 CT LOW DOSE SCRN CA LUNG WO CNT File of Sep 22, 2026 · source file | $103.83 | $538.00 | $79.00–$1,218.00 | 81% |
| Valleywise Health Medical Center Phoenix, AZ · (602) 344-5011 HC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY THORAX LW DOSE LNG CA SCR C- File of Jun 28, 2026 · source file | $128.29 | $1,700.00 | $79.00–$780.00 | 92% |
| Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler, AZ · (480) 256-7000 CT LOW DOSE SCRN CA LUNG WO CNT File of Sep 24, 2026 · source file | $142.57 | $538.00 | $79.00–$1,218.00 | 74% |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert, AZ · (480) 728-8000 CT LUNG SCREEN LOW DOSE File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $148.69 | $576.00 | $111.56–$1,318.00 | 74% |
| Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ · (602) 933-1000 CT THORAX LUNG CANCER SCR C- File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $318.65 | — | $75.05–$817.99 | — |
| St Joseph's Westgate Medical Center Glendale, AZ · (602) 406-8225 CT LUNG SCREEN LOW DOSE File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $755.24 | $2,010.00 | $111.56–$1,628.10 | 62% |
| St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ · (602) 406-8225 CT LUNG SCREEN LOW DOSE File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $755.24 | $2,010.00 | $111.56–$1,587.90 | 62% |
Outpatient: lowest $38.45, median $100.61, highest $755.24 — a 19.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $97.38. 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 14 of 14 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 lung cancer screening CT is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Lung cancer screening CT explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71271 ($346.45). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Dignity Health - Arizona General Hospital Phoenix, AZCT LUNG SCREENING LOW DOSE | $31.70 | file |