Chest X-ray cost in Brownsville, TX
In Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chest X-ray, 2 views: from $86.00 to $1,895.71, with a median of $990.86. The lowest listed price is at Harlingen Medical Center — $904.86 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $412.77 at 233 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 71046, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 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 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 XR CHEST PA/LAT W/ LAT DECUB - 71046 - 407001113 | $86.00 | $674.04 | $33.75–$674.04 | 87% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 XR CHEST 2VWS - 71046 - 407001090 | $86.00 | $674.04 | $33.75–$674.04 | 87% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 XR CHEST 2VWS - 71046 - 416701090 | $86.00 | $674.04 | $33.75–$674.04 | 87% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 XR CHEST PA/LAT W/ LAT DECUB - 71046 - 416701113 | $86.00 | $656.00 | $33.75–$674.04 | 87% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville, TX · (956) 350-7000 CHEST XRAY 2 V | $1,895.71 | $1,895.71 | $132.70–$1,611.35 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $86.00, median $990.86, highest $1,895.71 — a 22.0× 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 chest X-ray with two views, usually one from the front and one from the side, shows the lungs, heart size and the bones of the chest. It is ordered for cough, shortness of breath, suspected pneumonia, chest pain and some pre-employment or pre-surgery checks.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.