CT chest scan with and without contrast dye at Kaleida Health

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.

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Original text from hospital filings

Ct thorax w/o & w/dye

Buffalo, NY

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Kaleida Health’s median price of $230 is 54% below the median hospital's median price ($500), higher than 21% of the 2,648 hospitals reporting CPT 71270. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 71270 at Kaleida Health

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 9 payers, 15 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	Ambetter all plans fee schedule · both	$41	$41	—	—	—	$41 – $41
2	Molina all plans fee schedule · both	$51	$51	—	—	—	$51 – $51
3	UnitedHealthcare all plans fee schedule · both	$53	$53	$2	3%	—	$52 – $55
4	Highmark all plans fee schedule · both	$56	$56	—	—	—	$56 – $56
5	Aetna all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient	$161	$161	—	—	—	$161 – $161
6	Tricare government fee schedule · outpatient	$208	$208	—	—	—	$208 – $208
7	WellCare medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient	$228	$228	—	—	—	$228 – $228
8	Aetna medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient	$232	$232	—	—	—	$232 – $232
9	UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient	$238	$238	—	—	—	$238 – $238
10	Blue Cross Blue Shield advantage - healthnow medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient	$234	$255	$92	36%	—	$149 – $402
11	Cigna mvp medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient	$256	$256	—	—	—	$256 – $256
12	Blue Cross Blue Shield healthnow standard exchange fee schedule · outpatient	$193	$307	$179	58%	—	$169 – $583
13	Cigna mvp all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient	$311	$311	—	—	—	$311 – $311
14	Blue Cross Blue Shield align - healthnow other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient	$215	$341	$199	58%	—	$188 – $648
15	Blue Cross Blue Shield healthnow ppo/traditional fee schedule · outpatient	$271	$430	$251	58%	—	$238 – $817

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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