Chest X-ray, 1 view cost in El Paso, TX
In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for chest X-ray, single view: from $24.00 to $42.37, with a median of $42.37. The lowest listed price is at El Paso Children's Hospital — $18.37 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $327.08 at 101 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 71045, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in El Paso, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 CHEST AP OR PA 1 VIEW ONLY | $24.00 | $120.00 | $22.09–$161.49 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 CHEST SINGLE VIEW/DOCUMENT | $24.00 | $120.00 | $22.09–$161.49 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 XR CHEST ONE VIEW | $24.00 | $120.00 | $22.09–$161.49 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 SINGLE CHEST LAT PORT | $24.00 | $120.00 | $22.09–$161.49 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 CHEST DECUB 1 VIEW | $31.40 | $157.00 | $22.09–$161.49 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 CHEST PA LAT ONE DECUB | $31.40 | $157.00 | $22.09–$161.49 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 RAD CHEST 1 VW AP/PA PORT | $36.00 | $180.00 | $22.09–$161.49 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX XR RAD CHEST 1V PORT | $42.37 | $211.87 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 XR RAD CHEST 1V PORT | $42.37 | $211.87 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 CCI XR CHEST 1V | $45.34 | $226.70 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ES CHEST DECUB 1 VIEW | $45.34 | $226.70 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH CCI XR CHEST 1V | $45.34 | $226.70 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CCI XR CHEST 1V | $45.34 | $226.70 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX NE CHEST DECUB 1 VIEW | $45.34 | $226.70 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ES CHEST DECUB 1 VIEW | $45.34 | $226.70 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 NE CHEST DECUB 1 VIEW | $45.34 | $226.70 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ED XR CHEST 1V PORT | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ED CHEST 1V PORT | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 XR CHEST SINGLE VIEW | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ED XR CHEST 1V PORT | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 XR CHEST DECUBITUS | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 RAD CHEST 1V | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 XR CHEST DECUB 1V | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ED XR CHEST DECUB 1V | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ED CHEST 1V PORT | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX XR CHEST SINGLE VIEW | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ED XR CHEST DECUB 1V | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX XR CHEST DECUBITUS | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX RAD CHEST 1V | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX XR CHEST DECUB 1V | $61.64 | $308.18 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX XR RSI CHEST | $70.73 | $353.64 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 XR RSI CHEST | $70.73 | $353.64 | $23.80–$256.19 | 80% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $24.00, median $42.37, highest $42.37 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $42.37. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.
32 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71045 ($201.75). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS CHEST AP OR PA 1 VIEW ONLY | $15.19 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN CHEST DECUB 1 VIEW | $15.19 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN CHEST AP OR PA 1 VIEW ONLY | $15.19 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS CHEST DECUB 1 VIEW | $15.19 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS CHEST AP OR PA 1 VIEW ONLY | $15.19 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN CHEST DECUB 1 VIEW | $15.19 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN CHEST AP OR PA 1 VIEW ONLY | $15.19 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS CHEST DECUB 1 VIEW | $15.19 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH CHEST DECUB 1 VIEW | $16.26 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXED CHEST DECUBITUS | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXED CHEST DECUBITUS | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXXR CHEST DECUB 2V | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXRAD XR CHEST 1V PORT | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXXR CHEST ONE VIEW | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXXR CHEST 1V | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXEDXR CHEST 1V | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXXR CHEST ONE VIEW | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXRAD XR CHEST 1V PORT | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXXR CHEST DECUB 2V | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXEDXR CHEST 1V | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXXR CHEST 1V | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXED XR CHEST 1V | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXED XR CHEST 1V | $17.07 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE CHEST AP OR PA 1 VIEW ONLY | $17.47 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR AP OR PA 1 VIEW ONLY | $17.47 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXES CHEST AP OR PA 1 VIEW ONLY | $17.47 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR AP OR PA 1 VIEW ONLY | $17.47 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR CHEST DECUB 1 VIEW | $17.47 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR CHEST DECUB 1 VIEW | $17.47 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE CHEST AP OR PA 1 VIEW ONLY | $17.47 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES CHEST AP OR PA 1 VIEW ONLY | $17.47 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH CHEST AP OR PA 1 VIEW ONLY | $18.70 | file |