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CT Of Both Breasts, Before And After Contrast

California 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 8 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$229$200 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$355 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $219 to $2,344Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $186 to $759
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $229

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
$199.53
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$831.76

Where California 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.

California· 28th of 51

$240

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.