The median cash price for CT Scan of the Chest (without contrast) is $1,173.60, based on the stated self-pay prices 39 hospitals publish in their federal price-transparency files. Across all 41 hospitals we cover, prices run $85.37–$4,336.56.
| Hospital | Cash price | Gross charge | File dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI |
$32.38 est. | — | 2025-06-28 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth) Lebanon, NH |
$85.37 cash | $279 | 1/1/2026 |
| Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA |
$105.54 est. | — | 2026-04-13 |
| HMH Hospitals Corporation (Hackensack) Hackensack, NJ |
$117.70 cash | $2,692 | 2025-12-31 |
| MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Baltimore, MD |
$123.48 cash | $126 | 2026-04-01 |
| University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor, MI |
$214 cash | $535 | 3/31/2026 |
| Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Cleveland, OH |
$308.75 cash | $475 | 2026-06-16 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC |
$320.50 cash | $641 | 04/01/2026 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ |
$389.60 cash | $2,347 | 2026-03-02 |
| Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$503 cash | $503 | 2026-02-10 |
| Scripps Green Hospital San Diego, CA |
$524.73 cash | $2,098.94 | 2026-03-30 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla San Diego, CA |
$524.73 cash | $2,098.94 | 2026-03-30 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ |
$620.65 cash | $2,929 | 2026-03-04 |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital (Wake Forest) Winston-Salem, NC |
$648.50 cash | $1,297 | 2025-10-08 |
| NYU Langone Tisch Hospital New York, NY |
$803.06 cash | $4,226.65 | 2026-01-01 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL |
$845.25 cash | $2,415 | 2026-04-01 |
| Dignity Health St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ |
$903.43 cash | $2,365 | 2026-02-28 |
| WVU Hospitals Morgantown, WV |
$982.50 cash | $1,965 | 3/30/2026 |
| UC Irvine Medical Center Orange, CA |
$989.20 cash | $2,473 | 2026-04-01 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX |
$1,088.50 cash | $2,177 | 2026-04-01 |
| Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY |
$1,154.31 cash | $1,765 | 2026-04-01 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA |
$1,173.60 cash | $3,912 | 2026-04-01 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA |
$1,200.75 cash | $1,601 | 2026-04-01 |
| OHSU Hospital Portland, OR |
$1,209.65 cash | $1,861 | 2026-03-23 |
| Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX |
$1,346.80 cash | $4,208.75 | 2026-04-01 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX |
$1,555.66 cash | $2,592.77 | 2026-02-18 |
| Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee, WI |
$1,562 cash | $2,840 | 2025-12-31 |
| University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, OH |
$1,627.50 cash | $2,170 | 2025-05-16 |
| Brigham and Womens Hospital Boston, MA |
$1,740.75 cash | $2,321 | 2026-03-27 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA |
$1,740.75 cash | $2,321 | 2026-03-27 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center San Diego, CA |
$2,138.25 cash | $2,851 | 04/01/2026 |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX |
$2,168.12 cash | $3,236 | 2026-03-05 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY |
$2,454 cash | $2,454 | 2025-12-01 |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Chicago, IL |
$2,501.80 cash | $3,574 | 4/1/2026 |
| University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL |
$2,682 cash | $2,682 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK |
$2,811.90 cash | $3,605 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Oakland, CA |
$2,844.80 cash | $5,080 | 4/1/2026 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA |
$2,896.50 cash | $2,896.50 | 03/31/2026 |
| Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA |
$3,340.80 cash | $8,352 | 2026-04-01 |
| OSF HealthCare Peoria, IL |
$3,577.20 cash | $5,962 | 2026-03-31 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA |
$4,336.56 cash | $6,671.63 | 2025-11-26 |
"Cash price" = the hospital's published discounted_cash self-pay rate. "Gross charge" = the sticker price before any discount — what cash-pay patients are first billed and can negotiate down toward the cash rate.
If you're paying cash for CT Scan of the Chest (without contrast), the hospital's published self-pay price is a ceiling you can negotiate from, not a fixed quote. Bring the figure above (and the source file) to billing and ask for the cash / prompt-pay rate. Free-standing imaging centers and ASCs are often well below hospital outpatient rates.