Chest X-ray cost in San Juan, PR
In San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chest X-ray, 2 views: from $30.00 to $30.00, with a median of $30.00. The lowest listed price is at Doctors' Center Hospital - Bayamon and 1 other hospital. Across Puerto Rico, the median is $37.50 at 6 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors' Center Hospital - Bayamon lowest Bayamon, PR · (787) 622-5420 Chest X-ray Special Views | $30.00 | $30.00 | $13.00–$53.00 | — | — source file |
| Doctors' Center Hospital - San Juan lowest Santurce, PR · (787) 723-2950 Chest Lateral Decubitus | $30.00 | $30.00 | $16.00–$53.00 | — | — source file |
| Doctors' Center Hospital - Bayamon Bayamon, PR · (787) 622-5420 Chest Pa & Lat (Portable) | $32.00 | $32.00 | $13.00–$53.00 | — | — source file |
| Doctors' Center Hospital - San Juan Santurce, PR · (787) 723-2950 Radiologic Exam, Chest 2 View | $32.00 | $32.00 | $16.00–$53.00 | — | — source file |
| Doctors' Center Hospital - San Juan Santurce, PR · (787) 723-2950 Chest Pa And Lateral Portable | $32.00 | $32.00 | $16.00–$53.00 | — | — source file |
| Doctors' Center Hospital - Bayamon Bayamon, PR · (787) 622-5420 Chest X-ray 2vw Frontal&latl | $32.00 | $32.00 | $13.00–$53.00 | — | — source file |
| Doctors' Center Hospital - Bayamon Bayamon, PR · (787) 622-5420 Chest X-ray And Fluoroscopy | $45.00 | $45.00 | $13.00–$53.00 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $30.00, median $30.00, highest $30.00.
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 ($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.
| Doctors' Center Hospital - San Juan Santurce, PRChest With Fluoroscopy | $23.00 | file |