Scans and imaging CPT 71271 Outpatient

Lung cancer screening CT cost in Richmond, VA

In Richmond, VA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for low-dose CT of the chest for lung cancer screening, no contrast dye: from $313.20 to $1,899.00, with a median of $313.20. The lowest listed price is at Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital and 3 other hospitals. Across Virginia, the median is $229.60 at 35 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 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 — and —.

Lowest$313.20Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital + 3 more
Median$313.20half pay less
Highest$1,899.00in this market
Difference6.1×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 Richmond, VA.

median
Lowest $313.20Highest $1,899.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital lowest Richmond, VA · (804) 225-1701 HC CT Chest Screening Low Dose Wout Cont $313.20 $522.00 — 40% —
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Bon Secours St Marys Hospital of Richmond lowest Richmond, VA · (804) 285-2011 HC CT Chest Screening Low Dose Wout Cont $313.20 $522.00 — 40% —
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Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center lowest Midlothian, VA · (804) 594-7400 HC CT Chest Screening Low Dose Wout Cont $313.20 $522.00 — 40% —
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Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center lowest Mechanicsville, VA · (804) 764-6000 HC CT Chest Screening Low Dose Wout Cont $313.20 $522.00 — 40% —
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Bon Secours Southside Medical Center Petersburg, VA · (804) 765-5000 HC CT Chest Screening Low Dose Wout Cont $1,899.00 $6,330.00 — 70% —
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Outpatient: lowest $313.20, median $313.20, highest $1,899.00 — a 6.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $301.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.