Scans and imaging CPT 74170 Outpatient

Abdominal CT, with/without dye cost in Lubbock, TX

In Lubbock, TX, 6 hospitals list a cash price for abdominal CT scan without and with contrast: from $794.64 to $5,515.00, with a median of $1,317.96. The lowest listed price is at Covenant Medical Center and 1 other hospital — $523.32 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $2,882.40 at 279 hospitals.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 2 cities for code 74170, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$794.64Covenant Medical Center + 1 more
Median$1,317.96half pay less
Highest$5,515.00in this market
Difference6.9×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 Lubbock, TX.

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Lowest $794.64Highest $5,515.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Covenant Medical Center lowest Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC CT ABDOMEN W & W/O CONTRAST $794.64 $1,892.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Children's Hospital lowest Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC CT ABDOMEN W & W/O CONTRAST $794.64 $1,892.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC CT ABDOMEN W & W/O CONTRAST $884.52 $2,106.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Grace Surgical Hospital Lubbock, TX HC CT ABDOMEN W & W/O CONTRAST $1,751.40 $4,170.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC CT ABDOMEN W & W/O CONTRAST $3,554.88 $8,464.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock, TX HC CT ABDOMEN W & W/O CONTRAST $3,554.88 $8,464.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC CT ABDOMEN W & W/O CONTRAST $3,554.88 $8,464.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Ct Abdomen W/O & W/Dye - Ct Abdomen W Wo Contrast $5,515.00 $5,515.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $794.64, median $1,317.96, highest $5,515.00 — a 6.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $3,554.88. 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

This abdominal CT takes pictures before and after contrast dye. The two sets help characterize liver, kidney and adrenal masses and other findings that one scan cannot explain.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan and any contrast dye. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.