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CT Of Both Breasts, Before And After Contrast

Tennessee 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$275$209 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$447 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,288Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $186 to $398
$200$500$1Kfacility $603professional $275

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
$309.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
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
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 13th of 51

$275

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.