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 CHEST W CONTRAST
Houston, TX
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Chi St. Luke's Health Baylor College Of Medicine Medical Center’s median price of $794 is 75% above the median hospital's median price ($454), higher than 65% 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: 10 payers, 47 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|chip fee schedule · outpatient | $175.17 | $175.17 | $175.17 – $175.17 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $175.17 | $175.17 | $175.17 – $175.17 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $176.54 | $176.54 | $176.54 – $176.54 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $178.31 | $178.31 | $178.31 – $178.31 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $178.31 | $178.31 | $178.31 – $178.31 |
| 6 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|hmo case rate · outpatient | $178.31 | $178.31 | $178.31 – $178.31 |
| 7 | Humana medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $178.31 | $178.31 | $178.31 – $178.31 |
| 8 | Humana medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $178.31 | $178.31 | $178.31 – $178.31 |
| 9 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|ppo case rate · outpatient | $180.09 | $180.09 | $180.09 – $180.09 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $180.33 | $180.33 | $180.33 – $180.33 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $181.88 | $181.88 | $181.88 – $181.88 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $181.88 | $181.88 | $181.88 – $181.88 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|myblue health exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $218.66 | $218.66 | $218.66 – $218.66 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|star fee schedule · outpatient | $237.12 | $237.12 | $237.12 – $237.12 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue advantage exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $244.17 | $244.17 | $244.17 – $244.17 |
| 16 | Superior Healthplan commercial|all plans case rate · outpatient | $267.46 | $267.46 | $267.46 – $267.46 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $274.60 | $274.60 | $274.60 – $274.60 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|premier fee schedule · outpatient | $488.35 | $488.35 | $488.35 – $488.35 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial|surefit fee schedule · outpatient | $507.00 | $507.00 | $507.00 – $507.00 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starplus fee schedule · outpatient | $540.01 | $540.01 | $540.01 – $540.01 |
| 21 | Cigna commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $559.00 | $559.00 | $559.00 – $559.00 |
| 22 | Aetna commercial|transplant fee schedule · outpatient | $590.00 | $590.00 | $590.00 – $590.00 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|transplant fee schedule · outpatient | $707.94 | $707.94 | $707.94 – $707.94 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $750.75 | $750.75 | $750.75 – $750.75 |
| 25 | Aetna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $761.00 | $761.00 | $761.00 – $761.00 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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