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CT Of Both Breasts, Before And After Contrast

Louisiana 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$302$229 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$372 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,202Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $170 to $417
$200$500$1Kfacility $562professional $302

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
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 4th of 51

$324

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.