Chest X-ray, 1 view cost in Wheeling, WV
In Wheeling, WV-OH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for chest X-ray, single view: from $56.00 to $134.00, with a median of $130.00. The lowest listed price is at Reynolds Memorial Hospital — $74.00 less than the median here. Across West Virginia, the median is $147.00 at 17 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 Jul 9, 2026 and Jul 9, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Wheeling, WV-OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital lowest Glen Dale, WV · (304) 843-3230 X-RAY EXAM CHEST 1 VIEW | $56.00 | $112.00 | $6.44–$145.37 | 50% | — source file |
| Wheeling Hospital Wheeling, WV · (304) 243-3000 X-RAY OF CHEST; 1 VIEW | $130.00 | $260.00 | $6.44–$354.89 | 50% | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Barnesville Hospital Association Barnesville, OH · (740) 425-3941 X-RAY OF CHEST; 1 VIEW | $134.00 | $268.00 | $4,748.00 | 50% | — source file |
| Wheeling Hospital Wheeling, WV · (304) 243-3000 X-RAY EXAM CHEST 1 VIEW | $143.00 | $286.00 | $6.44–$354.89 | 50% | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale, WV · (304) 843-3230 X-RAY OF CHEST; 1 VIEW | $207.00 | $414.00 | $6.44–$145.37 | 50% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $56.00, median $130.00, highest $134.00 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.
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 1 it is 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Barnesville Hospital Association Barnesville, OHX-RAY EXAM CHEST 1 VIEW | $10.00 | file |