Scans and imaging CPT 71046 Outpatient

Chest X-ray cost in Oshkosh, WI

In Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, 5 hospitals list a cash price for chest X-ray, 2 views: from $136.54 to $255.00, with a median of $148.90. The lowest listed price is at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin — $12.36 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $171.19 at 69 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 2 cities for code 71046, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Mar 24, 2026.

Lowest$136.54Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Median$148.90half pay less
Highest$255.00in this market
Difference1.9×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 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI.

median
Lowest $136.54Highest $255.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin lowest Neenah, WI · (920) 969-7900 HBC FV RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS $136.54 $248.25 $173.78–$235.84 45% Mar 24, 2026
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin lowest Neenah, WI · (920) 969-7900 HBC FV RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS $136.54 $248.25 $173.78–$235.84 45% Mar 24, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Oshkosh, WI RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS $148.90 $265.90 $10.79–$247.29 44% —
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah Neenah, WI · (920) 729-3100 RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS $148.90 $265.90 $10.79–$247.29 44% —
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Oshkosh, WI HC Radiologic Exam Chest 2 Views $151.14 $269.90 $35.09–$390.60 44% —
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah Neenah, WI · (920) 729-3100 HC Radiologic Exam Chest 2 Views $151.14 $269.90 $35.09–$390.60 44% —
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Ascension NE Wisconsin Oshkosh, WI HC X-RAY EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS $183.54 $322.00 $11.18–$78.02 43% —
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah Neenah, WI · (920) 729-3100 HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS $235.20 $420.00 $35.09–$390.60 44% —
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Oshkosh, WI HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS $235.20 $420.00 $35.09–$390.60 44% —
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Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI · (920) 456-6000 XR CHEST 2 VIEWS $255.00 $510.00 $200.00–$460.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $136.54, median $148.90, highest $255.00 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $195.77. 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 4 of 5 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 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.