Chest X-ray cost in Minden, LA
In Minden, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chest X-ray, 2 views: from $73.94 to $136.65, with a median of $105.30. The lowest listed price is at Springhill Medical Center — $31.36 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $136.88 at 26 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 Minden, LA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springhill Medical Center lowest Springhill, LA · (318) 539-1000 HC CHEST PA LATERAL 2V | $73.94 | $217.48 | $25.14–$164.69 | 66% | — source file |
| Springhill Medical Center lowest Springhill, LA · (318) 539-1000 XR CHEST PA LATERAL 2V PORTABLE | $73.94 | $217.48 | $25.14–$164.69 | 66% | — source file |
| Springhill Medical Center lowest Springhill, LA · (318) 539-1000 XR CHEST PA LATERAL 2V | $73.94 | $217.48 | $25.14–$164.69 | 66% | — source file |
| Springhill Medical Center lowest Springhill, LA · (318) 539-1000 NW CHEST PA LATERAL 2V | $73.94 | $217.48 | $25.14–$164.69 | 66% | — source file |
| Springhill Medical Center lowest Springhill, LA · (318) 539-1000 BC CHEST PA LATERAL 2V | $73.94 | $217.48 | $25.14–$164.69 | 66% | — source file |
| Minden Medical Center Minden, LA · (318) 377-2321 HDX XR CHEST PA & LATERAL | $136.65 | $455.50 | $28.49–$2,787.00 | 70% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Minden Medical Center Minden, LA · (318) 377-2321 MFI XR CHEST PA & LATERAL | $136.65 | $455.50 | $28.49–$2,787.00 | 70% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Minden Medical Center Minden, LA · (318) 377-2321 XR CHEST 2 VIEWS | $273.15 | $910.50 | $28.49–$2,787.00 | 70% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Minden Medical Center Minden, LA · (318) 377-2321 X-RAY EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS | $273.15 | $910.50 | $28.49–$2,787.00 | 70% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Minden Medical Center both sides Minden, LA · (318) 377-2321 XR CHEST 2 LAT DECUBITUS BILAT | $273.15 | $910.50 | $28.49–$2,787.00 | 70% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $73.94, median $105.30, highest $136.65 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $273.15, median $273.15, highest $273.15.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $105.30. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71046 ($235.28). 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.
| Minden Medical Center Minden, LAE-SCREEN CHEST X RAY | $16.50 | file |