Scans and imaging CPT 71271 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lung cancer screening CT cost in Toledo, OH — inpatient

In Toledo, OH, 5 hospitals list a cash price for low-dose CT of the chest for lung cancer screening, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $104.40 to $1,279.80, with a median of $239.40. The lowest listed price is at Nationwide Children's Hospital Toledo — $135.00 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $266.10 at 94 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$104.40Nationwide Children's Hospital Toledo
Median$239.40half pay less
Highest$1,279.80in this market
Difference12.3×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 Toledo, OH.

median
Lowest $104.40Highest $1,279.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Nationwide Children's Hospital Toledo lowest Toledo, OH · (419) 251-3232 HC CT CHEST SCREENING LOW DOSE WOUT CONT $104.40 $174.00 $43.50–$133.98 40% —
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Wood County Hospital Association Bowling Green, OH · (419) 354-8900 CT LOW DOSE LUNG SCREENING $239.00 $239.00 $186.42–$231.83 — —
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Mercy Health St Vincent Medical Center Toledo, OH · (419) 251-3232 HC CT Chest Screening Low Dose Wout Cont $239.40 $399.00 — 40% —
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Mercy Health St Vincent Medical Center Toledo, OH · (419) 251-3232 HC CT Chest Screening Low Dose Wout Cont $239.40 $399.00 — 40% —
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Mercy Health St Vincent Medical Center Oregon, OH HC CT Chest Screening Low Dose Wout Cont $241.80 $403.00 — 40% —
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Fulton County Health Center Wauseon, OH · (419) 335-2015 CT Lung Cancer Screening $1,279.80 $1,828.28 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $104.40, median $239.40, highest $1,279.80 — a 12.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $239.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.