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
Lancaster, SC
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MUSC Lancaster Medical Center’s median price of $603 is 33% 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: 3 payers, 10 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 | $170.45 | $170.45 | $170.45 – $170.45 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $173.86 | $173.86 | $173.86 – $173.86 |
| 3 | Molina exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $187.49 | $187.49 | $187.49 – $187.49 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield employee facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $452.12 | $452.12 | $452.12 – $452.12 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield state other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $602.82 | $602.82 | $602.82 – $602.82 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice/blueoptions exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,257 | $1,257 | $1,257 – $1,257 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,257 | $1,257 | $1,257 – $1,257 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lowcountry blue exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,399 | $1,399 | $1,399 – $1,399 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield preferred blue ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,622 | $1,622 | $1,622 – $1,622 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,782 | $1,782 | $1,782 – $1,782 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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