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Chest MRI With Contrast

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 71551

A magnetic resonance scan of the chest performed after contrast dye is given through a vein, using magnets and radio waves rather than X-rays. The dye highlights blood vessels, lymph nodes and abnormal tissue, helping tell a mass apart from surrounding normal structures. It is used to assess lumps, enlarged glands and other abnormalities in the chest.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chest MRI With Contrast cost?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$447$380 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$347 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $214 to $891Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $832
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $355professional $447

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
3 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
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Wyoming 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.

Kentucky· 42nd of 51

$447

WY $1,514UT $275

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.