Scans and imaging CPT 71101 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Rib and chest X-ray cost in Lafayette, LA — inpatient

In Lafayette, LA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for rib X-ray, one side, with a chest view, 3 or more views as an inpatient: from $66.36 to $235.69, with a median of $88.48. The lowest listed price is at Lafayette General Medical Center — $22.12 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $136.64 at 53 hospitals.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 5 cities for code 71101, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$66.36Lafayette General Medical Center

Median$88.48half of hospitals charge less

Highest$235.69in this market

Difference3.6×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 Lafayette, LA.

median

Lowest $66.36Highest $235.69

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Lafayette General Medical Center lowest Lafayette, LA · (337) 289-7991 HC RIBS W/PA CHEST source file	$66.36	$316.00	—	79%
Acadia General Hospital Crowley, LA · (337) 783-3222 HC RIBS W/PA CHEST source file	$72.68	$316.00	—	77%
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LA · (337) 261-6000 HC RIBS W/PA CHEST source file	$82.16	$316.00	—	74%
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC RIBS W/PA CHEST source file	$94.80	$316.00	—	70%
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC RIBS W/PA CHEST source file	$142.20	$316.00	—	55%
Acadia St Landry Church Point, LA · (337) 684-5435 RIBS W A/P CHEST MIN.3 source file	$235.69	$314.25	—	25%

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.

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.

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.

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.

Inpatient: lowest $66.36, median $88.48, highest $235.69 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $88.48 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.