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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HC CT THORAX DIAGNOSTIC W CONT
Boone, NC
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Watauga Medical Center, Inc’s median price of $643 is 42% above the median hospital's median price ($454), higher than 60% 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: 9 payers, 20 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 advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $161.55 | $161.55 | $161.55 – $161.55 |
| 2 | Humana medicare hmo/medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $166.55 | $166.55 | $166.55 – $166.55 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $166.55 | $166.55 | $166.55 – $166.55 |
| 4 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $166.55 | $166.55 | $166.55 – $166.55 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $174.88 | $174.88 | $174.88 – $174.88 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $176.54 | $176.54 | $176.54 – $176.54 |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $629.49 | $629.49 | $629.49 – $629.49 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare chip/medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $629.49 | $629.49 | $629.49 – $629.49 |
| 9 | WellCare managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $635.78 | $635.78 | $635.78 – $635.78 |
| 10 | Aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $643.00 | $643.00 | $643.00 – $643.00 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select/blue value/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,601 | $1,601 | $1,601 – $1,601 |
| 12 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,846 | $1,846 | $1,846 – $1,846 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,896 | $1,896 | $1,896 – $1,896 |
| 14 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,922 | $1,922 | $1,922 – $1,922 |
| 15 | Medcost standard facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,924 | $1,924 | $1,924 – $1,924 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,968 | $1,968 | $1,968 – $1,968 |
| 17 | Medcost standard facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,004 | $2,004 | $2,004 – $2,004 |
| 18 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,209 | $2,209 | $1,931 – $2,488 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,442 | $2,442 | $2,397 – $2,488 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · per diem · outpatient | $5,675 | $5,675 | $5,675 – $5,675 |
Last updated: Jun 3, 2026
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