Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
HC CT THORAX DIAGNOSTIC W/ CONTRAST
Needham, MA
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Boston Children's Hospital’s median price of $2.4k is 427% above the median hospital's median price ($454), higher than 92% of the 2,627 hospitals reporting CPT 71260. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 14 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all products sat outpatient fee schedule · both | $1,205 | $1,205 | $1,205 – $1,205 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicare inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,909 | $1,909 | $1,909 – $1,909 |
| 3 | Aetna medicaid inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,915 | $1,915 | $1,915 – $1,915 |
| 4 | Optum medicaid/medicare inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,074 | $2,074 | $2,074 – $2,074 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield indem outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,107 | $2,107 | $2,107 – $2,107 |
| 6 | Optum comm chd onc outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,649 | $2,649 | $2,649 – $2,649 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare comm inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,666 | $2,666 | $2,666 – $2,666 |
| 8 | Aetna comm inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,675 | $2,675 | $2,675 – $2,675 |
| 9 | Optum comm outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,712 | $2,712 | $2,712 – $2,712 |
| 10 | Cigna all products outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,796 | $2,796 | $2,712 – $2,880 |
| 11 | Humana all products inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,872 | $2,872 | $2,872 – $2,872 |
| 12 | First Health all products inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,936 | $2,936 | $2,936 – $2,936 |
| 13 | MultiPlan phcs clients inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,936 | $2,936 | $2,936 – $2,936 |
| 14 | MultiPlan multiplan clients inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $3,031 | $3,031 | $3,031 – $3,031 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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