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CT Scan of the Chest, With Contrast

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 71260

A detailed cross-sectional imaging exam of the chest using X-rays, performed after injecting a contrast dye into a vein. The contrast highlights blood vessels and can make abnormal tissue, such as tumors, infections, or inflamed lymph nodes, easier to identify and distinguish from surrounding structures. It's commonly used to investigate suspected masses, infections, or blood vessel problems in the chest.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does CT Scan of the Chest, With Contrast cost?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $891 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$269 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$708 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,905Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $191 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $891professional $363

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$457.09
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$933.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
CT · Older CT scanner
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Vermont than in Utah. 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$661

VT $741UT $126

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.