Scans and imaging CPT 71046 Outpatient

Chest X-ray cost in Elizabethtown, NC

In Elizabethtown, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for chest X-ray, 2 views: from $196.20 to $196.20, with a median of $196.20. Across North Carolina, the median is $232.30 at 59 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 —.

Lowest$196.20Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital
Median$196.20half pay less
Highest$196.20in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital Elizabethtown, NC · (910) 862-5100 X-RAY OF CHEST; 2 VIEWS $196.20 $327.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $196.20, median $196.20, highest $196.20.

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.