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CT Of Both Breasts, Before And After Contrast

Iowa 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 Iowa, 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 $537 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 6 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$195 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$324 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,096Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $191 to $417
$200$500$1Kfacility $537professional $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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 30th 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.