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CT Of Both Breasts, Before And After Contrast

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0638T

A CT scan of both breasts taken first without contrast dye and then repeated after dye is given through a vein, so the two sets of pictures can be compared. Three-dimensional pictures are built from the data when they are useful.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does CT Of Both Breasts, Before And After Contrast cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $513 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$224 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$479 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $417 to $776Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $170 to $398
$200$500$1Kfacility $513professional $269

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Minnesota than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 18th of 51

$275

MN $479RI $200

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.