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CT Of Both Breasts, Before And After Contrast

Virginia 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $234 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 8 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$224$200 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$148 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,738Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $170 to $575
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $234professional $224

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
$204.17
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$380.19
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 36th of 51

$224

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.