CT Chest Without Contrast Cost in Missouri
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Missouri Medicare physician rate (2026)
-5.9% vs nationalAverage of 3 localities. Office range $119.40–$128.04.
Your ZIP in Missouri
Enter a ZIP code to see which Missouri locality covers you: metro St. Louis, metro Kansas City, or rest-of-state areas like Springfield, Columbia, Joplin, and the Bootheel.
What this number is
The figures on this page are 2026 Medicare physician allowed amounts for a specific CPT code: the professional fee, adjusted by geographic practice-cost indices. They are not a hospital chargemaster price, not your insurer's contracted rate, and not a quote. Hospital facility fees, anesthesia, implants, imaging reads, and pathology are billed separately when they apply.
National vs Missouri
Where Missouri ranks for this CPT
CPT 71250 by Missouri locality
| Locality | Office |
|---|---|
| metropolitan st. louis | $128.04 |
| metropolitan kansas city | $126.74 |
| rest of missouri | $119.40 |
PE GPCI ranges from 0.862 to 0.952 in Missouri. That index is why the same CPT is not one price statewide.
CT Chest Without Contrast and how Missouri is priced
Missouri is a three-locality state: metropolitan St. Louis and metropolitan Kansas City are each priced separately, and everywhere else falls into a rest-of-state locality with lower geographic adjustments. Both metro localities approve higher amounts than outstate Missouri, and the Kansas City locality applies only to the Missouri side of that metro, since the Kansas side prices under Kansas's statewide locality. Springfield, Columbia, and the rural counties all share rest-of-state factors. The metro-versus-outstate gap is the main pricing story here.
St. Louis and Kansas City hold the state's academic medical centers and most of its specialty depth, drawing patients from far beyond Missouri's borders, including southern Illinois and eastern Kansas. Outstate Missouri is served by regional hubs in Springfield, Columbia, and Cape Girardeau, with the Ozarks and Bootheel among the harder places to reach specialty care. Rural hospital viability has been a persistent concern across the state.
This procedure: A chest CT without contrast takes cross-sectional X-ray images of the lungs and chest in a scan that lasts under a minute on the table, with the whole appointment done in 15 minutes. It sees far more detail than a chest X-ray and is ordered to evaluate lung nodules, unexplained cough, abnormal X-ray findings, or interstitial lung disease. You lie on a table that slides through a doughnut-shaped scanner and hold your breath briefly; no IV is needed for this non-contrast version.
What Is CT Chest Without Contrast?
A chest CT without contrast takes cross-sectional X-ray images of the lungs and chest in a scan that lasts under a minute on the table, with the whole appointment done in 15 minutes. It sees far more detail than a chest X-ray and is ordered to evaluate lung nodules, unexplained cough, abnormal X-ray findings, or interstitial lung disease. You lie on a table that slides through a doughnut-shaped scanner and hold your breath briefly; no IV is needed for this non-contrast version.
What Affects the Cost
- Freestanding imaging centers routinely price this scan at a fraction of hospital outpatient rates.
- The radiologist's professional reading fee is billed separately from the scan at many facilities.
- Lung nodules found on a first scan typically trigger a series of follow-up CTs over one to two years, multiplying the true cost of the finding.
- Low-dose CT for lung cancer screening is a different code with different, usually free, coverage; make sure the right one is ordered if screening is the goal.
- Emergency department chest CTs carry ER-level facility charges far above scheduled outpatient pricing.
Questions to Ask Before Booking
- 1.Is this being ordered as a diagnostic CT or as low-dose lung cancer screening, and am I eligible for the free screening version?
- 2.Has prior authorization been obtained for the facility where I am scheduled?
- 3.What does this scan cost at a freestanding center versus the hospital?
- 4.If a nodule is found, how many follow-up scans should I budget for?
- 5.Is the radiologist fee included in the price I was quoted?
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CT Chest Without Contrast in Missouri: questions
How much does ct chest without contrast cost in Missouri?
The 2026 Medicare physician office rate for CPT 71250 averages $124.73 across 3 Missouri localities, from $119.40 in REST OF MISSOURI to $128.04 in METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS. The hospital physician rate averages $124.73. Enter a ZIP for the exact locality.
Does the rate change inside Missouri?
Yes. CMS splits Missouri into 3 payment localities. For this CPT the office physician fee spans $8.64 from the lowest to highest locality. Enter a ZIP code to see which Missouri locality covers you: metro St. Louis, metro Kansas City, or rest-of-state areas like Springfield, Columbia, Joplin, and the Bootheel.
What will a Medicare patient owe for the physician fee?
After the Part B deductible, coinsurance is usually 20% of the allowed amount: about $25 for the office physician line or $25 for the hospital physician line in Missouri. Medigap may cover that 20%. This is not the hospital facility fee.
Is this the full ct chest without contrast bill in Missouri?
No. $124.73 is the Medicare physician allowed amount for CPT 71250. Anesthesia, facility fees, implants, and other CPT codes billed the same day are extra. Missouri ranks #15 of 51 states on this physician line (6% below the national office rate of $132.60).