CT chest scan with contrast dye at Porter Hospital Inc

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

CHG DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY THORAX W/CONTRAST

Middlebury, VT

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Porter Hospital Inc’s median price of $164 is 64% below the median hospital's median price ($454), higher than 5% of the 2,627 hospitals reporting CPT 71260. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 71260 at Porter Hospital Inc

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 21 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 managed medicaid/essential plans professional · fee schedule · both	$36.34	$36.34	$36.34 – $36.34
2	Humana tricare professional · fee schedule · both	$49.56	$49.56	$49.56 – $49.56
3	Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both	$52.17	$52.17	$52.17 – $52.17
4	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both	$52.17	$52.17	$52.17 – $52.17
5	Bcbs Vt medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both	$60.00	$60.00	$60.00 – $60.00
6	Bcbs Vt indemnity/the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership professional · fee schedule · both	$78.10	$78.10	$78.10 – $78.10
7	Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both	$80.61	$80.61	$80.61 – $80.61
8	UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo for ny state employees professional · fee schedule · both	$106.66	$106.66	$98.01 – $115.31
9	UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both	$120.35	$120.35	$120.35 – $120.35
10	Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$169.12	$169.12	$169.12 – $169.12
11	Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$224.03	$224.03	$224.03 – $224.03
12	MultiPlan group health professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$275.50	$275.50	$275.50 – $275.50
13	Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,306	$1,306	$1,306 – $1,306
14	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,306	$1,306	$1,306 – $1,306
15	Bcbs Vt medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,333	$1,333	$1,333 – $1,333
16	Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,167	$2,167	$2,167 – $2,167
17	Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,527	$2,527	$2,527 – $2,527
18	Bcbs Vt indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$2,618	$2,618	$2,618 – $2,618
19	Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$2,618	$2,618	$2,618 – $2,618
20	MultiPlan group health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,639	$2,639	$2,639 – $2,639
21	UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,750	$2,750	$2,750 – $2,750

Last updated: Apr 28, 2026

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