Scans and imaging CPT 71271 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lung cancer screening CT cost in Urban Honolulu, HI — inpatient

In Urban Honolulu, HI, 3 hospitals list a cash price for low-dose CT of the chest for lung cancer screening, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $370.80 to $549.60, with a median of $406.20. The lowest listed price is at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children — $35.40 less than the median here. Across Hawaii, the median is $447.30 at 4 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 71271, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 12, 2026 and Feb 12, 2026.

Lowest$370.80Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children
Median$406.20half pay less
Highest$549.60in this market
Difference1.5×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 Urban Honolulu, HI.

median
Lowest $370.80Highest $549.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children lowest Honolulu, HI · (808) 983-6000 CT CHEST LOW DOSE LUNG CA SCREEN WO CON-TECH $370.80 $618.00 $180.46–$556.20 40% Feb 12, 2026
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Straub Clinic & Hospital Honolulu, HI · (808) 522-4000 CT CHEST LOW DOSE LUNG CA SCREEN WO CON-TECH $406.20 $677.00 $507.75–$575.45 40% Feb 12, 2026
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Pali Momi Medical Center Aiea, HI · (808) 486-6000 CT CHEST LOW DOSE LUNG CA SCREEN WO CON-TECH $549.60 $916.00 $687.00–$778.60 40% Feb 12, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $370.80, median $406.20, highest $549.60 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $406.20 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 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 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.