Lung cancer screening CT cost in St. Louis, MO — inpatient
In St. Louis, MO-IL, 5 hospitals list a cash price for low-dose CT of the chest for lung cancer screening, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $163.85 to $221.76, with a median of $197.28. The lowest listed price is at Gateway Regional Medical Center — $33.43 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $801.45 at 19 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 71271, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in St. Louis, MO-IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway Regional Medical Center lowest Granite City, IL · (618) 798-3000 CT-LUNG LOWDSE SC WO | $163.85 | $273.09 | $273.09 | 40% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, IL · (618) 526-4511 HC CT THORAX LOW DOSE LUNG SCN W/O CONTAST | $197.28 | $274.00 | $76.72–$280.08 | 28% | — source file |
| St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL HC CT THORAX LOW DOSE LUNG SCN W/O CONTAST | $197.28 | $274.00 | $76.72–$278.35 | 28% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, IL · (618) 651-2600 HC CT THORAX LOW DOSE LUNG SCN W/O CONTAST | $202.32 | $281.00 | $56.20–$281.00 | 28% | — source file |
| Hshs Holy Family Hospital Greenville, IL · (618) 664-1230 HC CT THORAX LOW DOSE LUNG SCN W/O CONTAST | $221.76 | $308.00 | $86.24–$308.00 | 28% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $163.85, median $197.28, highest $221.76 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $414.43 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 5 of 5 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 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.