Chest X-ray, 1 view cost in Flint, MI
In Flint, MI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chest X-ray, single view: from $71.82 to $84.95, with a median of $78.39. The lowest listed price is at Henry Ford Health — $6.57 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $165.88 at 62 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 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 Dec 31, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Flint, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Health lowest Grand Blanc Twp, MI DX CHEST 1 VIEW (AP) FRONTAL | $71.82 | $171.00 | $18.72–$70.18 | 58% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health lowest Grand Blanc Twp, MI DX CHEST LATERAL ONLY | $71.82 | $171.00 | $18.72–$70.18 | 58% | — source file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 ADD ON - XR Single View Chest | $84.95 | $169.90 | $47.57–$137.40 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 XR Chest 1 View Frontal | $84.95 | $169.90 | $47.57–$137.40 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 XR Chest 1 View Portable | $84.95 | $169.90 | $43.14–$137.40 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $71.82, median $78.39, highest $84.95 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 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.
4 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.
| McLaren Flint Flint, MIXR Chest 1 View B Read - Report | $12.30 | file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MIAdd On - XR Single View Chest PRO | $12.30 | file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MIXR Chest 1 View Portable - Report | $12.30 | file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MIXR Chest 1 View - Report | $12.30 | file |