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#363 of 11K

71260

CT chest with contrast

CT chest with contrast is the #363 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $342.1M in payments across 4.2M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $48.36. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $193.23 per claim, 4.0× the median.

Total Paid

$342.1M

0.03% of all spending

Total Claims

4.2M

Providers

4K

Avg Cost/Claim

$82

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 71260? Based on 4K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$48.36

Average

$86.67

Std Dev

$101.12

Max

$1,571.10

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$21.80
p25
$32.18
Median
$48.36
p75
$108.52
p90
$193.23
p95
$258.28
p99
$483.05

50% of providers bill between $32.18 and $108.52 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $21.80 and $193.23.

Top 1% bill above $483.05.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 71260 (CT chest with contrast) was billed by 4K providers across 4.2M claims, totaling $342.1M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 3.9M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$48.36

Providers Billing

4K

National Spending

$342.1M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.79×

Moderately skewed

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 71260

#ProviderTotal Paid
1University Of Kentucky

Lexington, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$7.0M
2Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT · General Acute Care Hospital

$3.8M
3City Of Hope National Medical Center

Duarte, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$3.2M
4Unm Hospital

Albuquerque, NM · General Acute Care Hospital

$3.0M
5Regents Of The University Of California

San Diego, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.9M
6University Medical Center, Inc

Louisville, KY · Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program

$2.7M
7Alameda Health System

Oakland, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.6M
8Stanford Health Care

Stanford, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.6M
9Norton Hospitals Inc

Louisville, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.6M
10Regents Of The University Of California

Sacramento, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.4M
11Uofl Health-louisville Inc

Louisville, KY · Psychiatric Hospital

$2.3M
12The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.2M
13Arthur G James Cancer Hospital And Research Institute

Columbus, OH · Special Hospital

$2.0M
141558759571$2.0M
15Hennepin Healthcare System Inc

Minneapolis, MN · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.0M
161336188291$1.9M
171356390264$1.8M
18United Medical Imaging Healthcare, Inc.

Los Angeles, CA · Clinic/Center, Radiology

$1.7M
191265423917$1.7M
20Norton Hospitals, Inc

Louisville, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.7M

Showing top 20 of 4K providers billing this code