Scans and imaging CPT 71101 Outpatient

Rib and chest X-ray cost in Columbia, SC

In Columbia, SC, 4 hospitals list a cash price for rib X-ray, one side, with a chest view, 3 or more views (one side of the body): from $105.50 to $662.00, with a median of $133.75. The lowest listed price is at Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown and 1 other hospital — $28.25 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $354.90 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 71101, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$105.50Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown + 1 more

Median$133.75half of hospitals charge less

Highest$662.00in this market

Difference6.3×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 Columbia, SC.

median

Lowest $105.50Highest $662.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown one side lowest Columbia, SC · (803) 256-5300 HB XRAY X-RAY RIBS/CHEST UNILAT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$105.50	$211.00	—	50%
MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Northeast one side lowest Columbia, SC · (803) 256-5300 HB XRAY X-RAY RIBS/CHEST UNILAT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$105.50	$211.00	—	50%
Kershaw Medical Center one side Camden, SC · (803) 432-4311 HB XRAY X-RAY RIBS/CHEST UNILAT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$162.00	$324.00	—	50%
Lexington Medical Center one side West Columbia, SC · (803) 791-2000 Hc Ribs Unilateral 3 Views (Chest) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$662.00	$662.00	—	—

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

One side of the body : lowest $105.50, median $133.75, highest $662.00 — a 6.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $133.75. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

This study takes pictures of the ribs on one side plus a front view of the chest. The chest view checks the lungs for a collapsed lung or bleeding after a rib injury.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.