Lung scan (V/Q) Cost in Baltimore, MD (2026)

Prices at 8 hospitals in Baltimore, MD, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,281 — 10% below the US median ($1,420), roughly 4.4× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore, MD	$550	—	★ 3/5	330 min	14.3%
Greater Baltimore Medical Center	Baltimore, MD	$804	$821	★ 5/5	231 min	13.5%
Mercy Medical Center Inc	Baltimore, MD	$857	—	★ 3/5	242 min	15.5%
VA Maryland Healthcare System-Baltimore	Baltimore, MD	$857	—	★ 2/5	—	17.2%
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital	Baltimore, MD	$1,704	$1,739	★ 3/5	234 min	14.9%
Medstar Harbor Hospital	Baltimore, MD	$1,892	$1,931	★ 4/5	208 min	13.7%
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore, MD	$2,067	$2,109	★ 5/5	216 min	13.5%
University of Md Medical Center Midtown Campus	Baltimore, MD	$2,307	—	★ 3/5	246 min	14.4%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated August 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$1,307

Cash / self-pay

$1,281

Insurer-negotiated

$1,835

Medicare pays

$291

$728$2,139

Median cash $1,281 · Medicare $291 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $1,281 — about 4.4× the Medicare rate ($291). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($581).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,307 list price could save about $26 (2%).

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Doctors who perform this in Baltimore

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Gabriel Soudry, M.D.	Nuclear Medicine	Baltimore, MD	192
Ethan Spiegler, MD	Nuclear Medicine	Baltimore, MD	95
Seyed Ali Mosallaie, MD	Nuclear Medicine	Baltimore, MD	58
Ali Civelek, MD	Nuclear Medicine	Baltimore, MD	54
Sara Sheikhbahaei, M.D., M.P.H.	Diagnostic Radiology	Baltimore, MD	49
Elie Saad, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Baltimore, MD	47
Frederic Yeganeh, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Baltimore, MD	43
Lilja Solnes, M.D.	Nuclear Medicine	Baltimore, MD	35
Vasken Dilsizian, M.D.	Nuclear Medicine	Baltimore, MD	35
Wengen Chen, MD	Nuclear Medicine	Baltimore, MD	25
Mohammad Salehi Sadaghiani, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Baltimore, MD	21
Carlo Contoreggi, M.D.	Nuclear Medicine	Baltimore, MD	19

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