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
Ct thorax w/dye
Columbia, SC
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Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown’s median price of $592 is 30% above the median hospital's median price ($454), higher than 57% 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: 4 payers, 12 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 medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $169.54 | $169.54 | $169.54 – $169.54 |
| 2 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $172.94 | $172.94 | $172.94 – $172.94 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $174.63 | $174.63 | $174.63 – $174.63 |
| 4 | Molina exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $186.50 | $186.50 | $186.50 – $186.50 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield employee facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $452.12 | $452.12 | $452.12 – $452.12 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $591.59 | $591.59 | $591.59 – $591.59 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $591.59 | $591.59 | $591.59 – $591.59 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield state other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $602.82 | $602.82 | $602.82 – $602.82 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lowcountry blue exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $678.71 | $678.71 | $678.71 – $678.71 |
| 10 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $776.26 | $776.26 | $776.26 – $776.26 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield preferred blue ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,016 | $1,016 | $1,016 – $1,016 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,116 | $1,116 | $1,116 – $1,116 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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