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CT Angiography, Chest, With Contrast

Alabama rates for HCPCS 71275

A CT scanner takes detailed cross-sectional images of the chest after contrast dye is injected into a vein, specifically to highlight the blood vessels, most often the pulmonary arteries and aorta. It's frequently used to check for a blood clot in the lungs (pulmonary embolism), an aortic aneurysm, or a tear in the aorta's wall. This is a vessel-focused scan, distinct from a routine chest CT done to look at the lungs and other structures without a focus on blood flow.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does CT Angiography, Chest, With Contrast cost?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$309 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$562 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $363 to $562Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $229 to $537
$200$500$1Kfacility $562professional $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
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$524.81
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 12.3 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.

Alabama· 34th of 51

$363

VT $2,089UT $170

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.