Scans and imaging CPT 71045 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chest X-ray, 1 view cost in Grand Junction, CO — inpatient

In Grand Junction, CO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for chest X-ray, single view as an inpatient: from $226.80 to $226.80, with a median of $226.80. Across Colorado, the median is $275.00 at 35 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 71045, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$226.80Family Health West Hospital
Median$226.80half pay less
Highest$226.80in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Grand Junction, CO.

median
Lowest $226.80Highest $226.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Family Health West Hospital lowest Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC DI CHEST 1 VIEW $226.80 $324.00 — 30% —
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Family Health West Hospital lowest Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC DI CHEST 1 VIEW $226.80 $324.00 — 30% —
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Inpatient: lowest $226.80, median $226.80, highest $226.80.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $242.48 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71045 ($208.74). 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.

Family Health West Hospital Fruita, COCAH RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST SINGLE VIEW $11.90 file
Family Health West Hospital Fruita, COCAH RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST SINGLE VIEW $11.90 file