Scans and imaging CPT 71271 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lung cancer screening CT cost in Wray, CO — inpatient

In Wray, CO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for low-dose CT of the chest for lung cancer screening, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $1,170.11 to $1,170.11, with a median of $1,170.11. Across Colorado, the median is $370.47 at 38 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 71271, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 1, 2024 and Mar 1, 2024.

Lowest$1,170.11Wray Community District Hospital

Median$1,170.11half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,170.11in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Wray Community District Hospital Wray, CO · (970) 332-4811 CT Low Dose Lung Screening File of Mar 1, 2024 · source file	$1,170.11	$1,560.15	—	25%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $1,170.11, median $1,170.11, highest $1,170.11.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,170.11 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.