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CT Angiography, Chest, With Contrast

Louisiana 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$331$282 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$182 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $182 to $794Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $182 to $513
$200$500$1Kfacility $324professional $331

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
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
8 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
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
CT · Older CT scanner
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
CT · Older CT scanner
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 40th of 51

$331

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.