Scans and imaging CPT 71046 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chest X-ray cost in Visalia, CA — inpatient

In Visalia, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chest X-ray, 2 views as an inpatient: from $87.00 to $87.00, with a median of $87.00. The lowest listed price is at Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across California, the median is $411.33 at 204 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 71046, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 10, 2026 and Jul 14, 2026.

Lowest$87.00Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital + 1 more
Median$87.00half pay less
Highest$87.00in 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 Visalia, CA.

median
Lowest $87.00Highest $87.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital lowest Visalia, CA 71046 Chest Pa Lat & Oblique $87.00 $87.00 $73.95–$78.30 — Jul 10, 2026
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Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital lowest Visalia, CA 71046 Chest Lat Decubitus $87.00 $87.00 $73.95–$78.30 — Jul 10, 2026
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Kaweah Health Medical Center lowest Visalia, CA · (559) 624-2000 71046 Chest Pa Lat & Oblique $87.00 $87.00 $41.50–$87.00 — Jul 14, 2026
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Kaweah Health Medical Center lowest Visalia, CA · (559) 624-2000 71046 Chest Lat Decubitus $87.00 $87.00 $41.50–$87.00 — Jul 14, 2026
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Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital both sides Visalia, CA 71046 Chest Bilat Decubitus $87.00 $87.00 $73.95–$78.30 — Jul 10, 2026
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Kaweah Health Medical Center both sides Visalia, CA · (559) 624-2000 71046 Chest Bilat Decubitus $87.00 $87.00 $41.50–$87.00 — Jul 14, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $87.00, median $87.00, highest $87.00.

Both sides : lowest $87.00, median $87.00, highest $87.00.

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 2 facilities here, median $87.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 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.