Scans and imaging CPT 71046 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chest X-ray cost in El Paso, TX — inpatient

In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for chest X-ray, 2 views as an inpatient: from $31.40 to $40.15, with a median of $40.15. The lowest listed price is at El Paso Children's Hospital — $8.75 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $393.82 at 101 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 71046, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$31.40El Paso Children's Hospital

Median$40.15half pay less

Highest$40.15in this market

Difference1.3×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 El Paso, TX.

median

Lowest $31.40Highest $68.72

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list	File date
El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 CHEST BOTH DECUBITUS R & L	$31.40	$157.00	$28.95–$161.49	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 RAD CHEST 2V	$40.15	$200.74	$31.20–$256.19	80%	— source file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX RAD CHEST 2V	$40.15	$200.74	$31.20–$256.19	80%	— source file
El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 CHEST 2 VIEWS	$47.20	$236.00	$28.95–$188.80	80%	— source file
El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 CHEST 2 VWS AP & LAT PORTABLE	$47.60	$238.00	$28.95–$190.40	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 XR CHEST 2V PORT	$68.72	$343.60	$31.20–$256.19	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ED XR CHEST 2V PORT	$68.72	$343.60	$31.20–$256.19	80%	— source file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ED XR CHEST 2V PORT	$68.72	$343.60	$31.20–$256.19	80%	— source file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX XR CHEST 2V PORT	$68.72	$343.60	$31.20–$256.19	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ED XR CHEST 2V	$68.72	$343.60	$31.20–$256.19	80%	— source file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ED XR CHEST 2V	$68.72	$343.60	$31.20–$256.19	80%	— source file

Inpatient: lowest $31.40, median $40.15, highest $40.15 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $40.15 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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 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.

22 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71046 ($222.60). 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.

University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN CHEST PA LAT ONE DECUB	$15.19	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS CHEST 2 VIEWS	$15.19	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS CHEST PA LAT ONE DECUB	$15.19	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES CHEST PA LAT ONE DECUB	$15.19	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN CHEST 2 VIEWS	$15.19	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN CHEST PA LAT ONE DECUB	$15.19	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE CHEST PA LAT ONE DECUB	$15.19	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS CHEST 2 VIEWS	$15.19	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS CHEST PA LAT ONE DECUB	$15.19	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXES CHEST PA LAT ONE DECUB	$15.19	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN CHEST 2 VIEWS	$15.19	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE CHEST PA LAT ONE DECUB	$15.19	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH CHEST PA LAT ONE DECUB	$16.26	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR CHEST 2 VIEWS	$17.47	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR CHEST PA LAT ONE DECUB	$17.47	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE CHEST 2 VIEWS	$17.47	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXES CHEST 2 VIEWS	$17.47	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR CHEST 2 VIEWS	$17.47	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR CHEST PA LAT ONE DECUB	$17.47	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES CHEST 2 VIEWS	$17.47	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE CHEST 2 VIEWS	$17.47	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH CHEST 2 VIEWS	$18.70	file