Scans and imaging CPT 71271 Outpatient

Lung cancer screening CT cost in Staunton, VA

In Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for low-dose CT of the chest for lung cancer screening, no contrast dye: from $515.50 to $515.50, with a median of $515.50. Across Virginia, the median is $229.60 at 35 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 71271, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$515.50Augusta Health
Median$515.50half pay less
Highest$515.50in this market
Difference1.0×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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA.

median
Lowest $515.50Highest $515.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Augusta Health lowest Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 Ct Chest Low Dose Initial $515.50 $1,031.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Augusta Health lowest Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 Ct Chest Low Dose Annual $515.50 $1,031.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $515.50, median $515.50, highest $515.50.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $515.50. 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.