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Chest X-ray (2 views): cost by metro

Imaging & scans · outpatient (same-day) · billed as CPT 71046 · priced across 28 metros

What does a Chest X-ray (2 views) cost? Across 28 major U.S. metros, the typical insurer-negotiated price for a Chest X-ray (CPT 71046) ranges from about $40 to $457 by metro, based on hospitals' own price-transparency files. Self-pay cash prices, where hospitals publish them, are often lower. Pick your metro for the local range and a hospital-by-hospital breakdown. These are price references from public data — not a quote, a bill, or medical or financial advice.

Chest X-ray price by metro

The typical insurer-negotiated price for a Chest X-ray, by metro — lowest first. Open a metro for the full three-level breakdown and every hospital.

Metro Typical negotiated Range Cash
Detroit, MI $40 $11–$177 $184
Indianapolis, IN $53 $30–$75 $166
Nashville, TN $84 $46–$85 —
Birmingham, AL $88 $23–$228 $142
Austin, TX $89 $80–$350 $295
Phoenix, AZ $94 $56–$212 $75
Philadelphia, PA $97 $40–$176 $328
Tampa, FL $98 $65–$102 —
New York, NY $104 $23–$115 $91
Houston, TX $105 $100–$131 —
Riverside, CA $107 $27–$779 $336
St. Louis, MO $115 $91–$140 $284
Sacramento, CA $124 $76–$124 $504
San Francisco, CA $124 $124–$126 $504
Kansas City, MO $128 $128–$588 —
Memphis, TN $130 $130 $143
Hartford, CT $148 $81–$191 —
Denver, CO $172 $100–$836 $414
Seattle, WA $176 $101–$339 $168
Pittsburgh, PA $181 $15–$313 $438
San Jose, CA $182 $124–$420 —
Jacksonville, FL $195 $88–$195 $142
Cleveland, OH $201 $82–$223 $395
Dallas, TX $220 $57–$482 $365
Milwaukee, WI $252 $63–$408 $171
Virginia Beach, VA $278 $277–$284 —
Chicago, IL $395 $230–$435 $268
San Antonio, TX $457 $80–$512 —

Source: hospitals' own machine-readable Standard Charges files, published under the U.S. Hospital Price Transparency rule (45 CFR §180.50). Most recent hospital file in this dataset: July 2026. Prices are references, not quotes or bills, and never medical or financial advice — where a hospital reports no price, nothing is shown rather than a guess.

About Chest X-ray pricing

A Chest X-ray is billed as CPT 71046 and is usually a outpatient (same-day) service. Prices vary widely by metro and by hospital, which is why every figure here is tied to a specific hospital's own published file. 20 of these 28 metros have at least one hospital publishing a self-pay cash price.

The chargemaster (list) price is the hospital's undiscounted sticker rate. Almost no one actually pays it — insurers negotiate it down and self-pay patients are usually offered the cash price — but it shows how large the discount off list can be.

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