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CT Of Both Breasts, Before And After Contrast

South 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $437 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$229$195 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$309 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,512Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $195 to $324
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $437professional $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
$275.42
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 19th of 51

$269

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.