Scans and imaging CPT 71046 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chest X-ray cost in Roswell, NM — inpatient

In Roswell, NM, 1 hospital lists a cash price for chest X-ray, 2 views as an inpatient: from $480.09 to $480.09, with a median of $480.09. Across New Mexico, the median is $266.86 at 10 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 71046, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$480.09Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Median$480.09half pay less
Highest$480.09in 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 Roswell, NM.

median
Lowest $480.09Highest $499.20
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center one side lowest Roswell, NM · (575) 624-8722 XR Chest 1V w Decubitus Lt DR $480.09 $1,231.00 $443.16–$1,144.83 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell, NM · (575) 624-8722 XR Chest 2 V DR $480.09 $1,231.00 $443.16–$1,144.83 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center one side lowest Roswell, NM · (575) 624-8722 XR Chest 1V w Decubitus Rt DR $480.09 $1,231.00 $443.16–$1,144.83 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell, NM · (575) 624-8722 XR Chest 2 V CR $499.20 $1,280.00 $460.80–$1,190.40 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center one side Roswell, NM · (575) 624-8722 XR Chest 1V w Decubitus Lt CR $499.20 $1,280.00 $460.80–$1,190.40 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center one side Roswell, NM · (575) 624-8722 XR Chest 1V w Decubitus Rt CR $499.20 $1,280.00 $460.80–$1,190.40 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center both sides Roswell, NM · (575) 624-8722 XR Chest Decubitus Bilat DR $480.09 $1,231.00 $443.16–$1,144.83 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center both sides Roswell, NM · (575) 624-8722 XR Chest Decubitus Bilat CR $499.20 $1,280.00 $460.80–$1,190.40 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $480.09, median $480.09, highest $480.09.

Both sides : lowest $480.09, median $480.09, highest $480.09.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $258.51 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.