Rib and chest X-ray cost in McAllen, TX
In McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX, 4 hospitals list a cash price for rib X-ray, one side, with a chest view, 3 or more views: from $104.00 to $1,882.24, with a median of $116.40. The lowest listed price is at Knapp Medical Center and 1 other hospital — $12.40 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $394.69 at 280 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 71101, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 6, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knapp Medical Center lowest Weslaco, TX · (956) 968-8567 Hc X-Ray Ribs, Chest 3+ Vw File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $104.00 | $823.01 | $42.44–$806.55 | 87% |
| Mission Regional Medical Center one side Mission, TX · (956) 323-9000 RIBS UNILATERAL 3 VW File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $104.00 | $890.50 | $42.44–$712.40 | 88% |
| Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley one side Edinburg, TX · (361) 694-5041 Ribs Unilat Inc Ap Cxr 3v File of Oct 6, 2025 · source file | $128.80 | $644.00 | $41.10–$165.82 | 80% |
| Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley one side Edinburg, TX · (361) 694-5041 Ribs Unilat 3v W/Ap Cxr File of Oct 6, 2025 · source file | $273.06 | $1,365.28 | $41.10–$165.82 | 80% |
| Rio Grande Regional Hospital one side San Juan, TX · (956) 632-6000 XR RIBS UNI W/CXR 3+V RT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,882.24 | $1,882.24 | $131.76–$1,599.90 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $104.00, median $116.40, highest $1,882.24 — a 18.1× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 4 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
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.