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CT Of Both Breasts, Before And After Contrast

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 5 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$219$195 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$347 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,698Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $170 to $447
$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $219

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
$194.98
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$812.83
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 29th 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.