Scans and imaging CPT 71046 Outpatient

Chest X-ray cost in Hamilton, AL

In Hamilton, AL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for chest X-ray, 2 views: from $155.66 to $155.66, with a median of $155.66. Across Alabama, the median is $228.00 at 37 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$155.66Marion Regional Medical Center
Median$155.66half pay less
Highest$155.66in 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 Hamilton, AL.

median
Lowest $155.66Highest $279.93
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Marion Regional Medical Center lowest Hamilton, AL · (205) 921-6200 HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS - XR CHEST 2 VIEWS $155.66 $362.00 — 57% Apr 1, 2026
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Marion Regional Medical Center lowest Hamilton, AL · (205) 921-6200 HC PB XR CHEST PA AND LAT $155.66 $362.00 — 57% Apr 1, 2026
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Marion Regional Medical Center both sides Hamilton, AL · (205) 921-6200 HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS - DECUB BILAT $279.93 $651.00 — 57% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $155.66, median $155.66, highest $155.66.

Both sides : lowest $279.93, median $279.93, highest $279.93.

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.

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.