Scans and imaging CPT 71046 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

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

In Grand Junction, CO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for chest X-ray, 2 views as an inpatient: from $272.30 to $272.30, with a median of $272.30. Across Colorado, the median is $310.00 at 35 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 71046, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$272.30Family Health West Hospital
Median$272.30half pay less
Highest$272.30in 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 $272.30Highest $272.30

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Family Health West Hospital lowest Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC DI CHEST 2 VIEWS $272.30 $389.00 — 30% —
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Family Health West Hospital lowest Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC DI CHEST 2 VIEWS $272.30 $389.00 — 30% —
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Inpatient: lowest $272.30, median $272.30, highest $272.30.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $272.30 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71046 ($243.65). 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 2 VIEWS $14.70 file
Family Health West Hospital Fruita, COCAH RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS $14.70 file