CPT 71271 at Cascade Medical Center

CT/CTA - Chest

Cascade Medical Center, Leavenworth

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

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What Cascade Medical Center publishes for this code: as an outpatient

Cascade Medical Center’s prices for CPT 71271, as an outpatient
Who pays	Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest)	Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates	$1,573 – $1,644at least 2 plans	$270 – $282
Medicare AdvantageInsurer rates	$1,465 – $2,192at least 7 plans	$56.43 – $376
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates	$1,459 – $2,192at least 4 plans	$250 – $376
Medicaid (state program)Insurer rates	$1,401at least 1 plan	$240
Medicare (traditional)Insurer rates	$1,516at least 1 plan	$56.43
Other government programInsurer rates	$145at least 1 plan	$145
UnknownInsurer rates	$1,573 – $2,360at least 6 plans	$270 – $405
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance	$2,098	$360
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it	$2,622	$450

Lowest and highest amounts Cascade Medical Center lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Bills to expect

The hospital’s fee is the price above. Doctors usually send their own bills. Their amounts here are what original Medicare allows in the rest of Washington for 2026, and a private-plan estimate of 118% to 179% of that (the range found across studies of what insurers pay doctors). Those are estimates, not quotes.

Bills to expect for CPT 71271 at Cascade Medical Center
Bill	What it’s for	Original Medicare allows	Private plan estimate
Hospital's feeThe hospital	The test or scan: equipment and staff	—	The price above
Reading doctorThe doctor who reads it (often a radiology group)	Reading the results and writing the report	$50.07	$59.08 – $89.63

Original Medicare amounts are only for people on original Medicare. Your share depends on your plan’s deductible, copay and coinsurance.

Compare CPT 71271 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.