Scans and imaging CPT 71045 Outpatient

Chest X-ray, 1 view cost in Crescent City, CA

In Crescent City, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for chest X-ray, single view: from $738.00 to $738.00, with a median of $738.00. Across California, the median is $364.00 at 213 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 71045, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$738.00Sutter Coast Hospital
Median$738.00half pay less
Highest$738.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG XR CHEST FRONTAL 1 VIEW $738.00 $738.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $738.00, median $738.00, highest $738.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $738.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

A single-view chest X-ray takes one picture of the chest, usually from the front, to show the lungs and heart. It is often done in the emergency room or at the bedside with a portable machine, for example to check a breathing tube or follow up pneumonia.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.