CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, chest (no contrast)

Facility: Childrens Hospital

Billing Code: 71250 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$319

about 3.0× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $101–$379

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$324

About the fair price

about $5 over the fair price · 3.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $319 This hospital $324 Cash price $254 Hospital's list price $942

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How this hospital compares to other LA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 LA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $81 Priciest $324

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 LA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a CT scan, chest (no contrast) is about $319 (about 3.0× the $107 Medicare rate). Childrens Hospital charges insurers about $324, or about $254 in cash — about the fair price. Located in New Orleans, LA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$176 - $2,065	165%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$182 - $1,604	170%
Aetnamajor	$1,457 - $2,036	1364%
Cignamajor	$2,065 - $2,192	1933%
Humanamajor	$2,186	2047%
Ambetter (Centene)	$84 - $1,535	79%
CDPHP	$1,190 - $2,065	1114%
Harvard Pilgrim	$1,234 - $1,641	1155%
Tufts Health Plan	$1,492 - $1,496	1397%
UniCare	$623	583%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$1,477 - $2,186

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 254), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 71250.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Childrens Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 71250.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Childrens Hospital

Compare: CT scan, chest (no contrast) at other LA hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.