Scans and imaging CPT 71045 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chest X-ray, 1 view cost in Sacramento, CA — inpatient

In Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for chest X-ray, single view as an inpatient: from $476.00 to $476.00, with a median of $476.00. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento and 2 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $364.00 at 100 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 71045, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$476.00Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento + 2 more
Median$476.00half pay less
Highest$476.00in 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA.

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Lowest $476.00Highest $476.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento lowest Sacramento, CA · (916) 688-2000 RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST SINGLE VIEW $476.00 $850.00 $118.00–$370.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento lowest Sacramento, CA · (916) 973-5000 RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST SINGLE VIEW $476.00 $850.00 $118.00–$370.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville lowest Roseville, CA · (916) 784-4000 RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST SINGLE VIEW $476.00 $850.00 $118.00–$370.00 44% —
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Inpatient: lowest $476.00, median $476.00, highest $476.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $476.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 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.