Rib and chest X-ray cost in Port St. Lucie, FL
In Port St. Lucie, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for rib X-ray, one side, with a chest view, 3 or more views: from $374.00 to $596.70, with a median of $485.35. The lowest listed price is at HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital — $111.35 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $670.22 at 169 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Jun 15, 2026 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 Port St. Lucie, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital one side lowest Port Saint Lucie, FL · (772) 335-4000 XR RIBS UNI W/CXR 3+V LT | $374.00 | $374.00 | $32.16–$317.90 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital one side lowest Port Saint Lucie, FL · (772) 335-4000 XR RIBS UNI W/CXR 3+V RT | $374.00 | $374.00 | $32.16–$317.90 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital Stuart, FL · (772) 287-5200 RADEX RIBS UNI W/POSTEROANT CH MINIMUM 3 VIEWS | $596.70 | $918.00 | $259.79–$826.20 | 35% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $374.00, median $485.35, highest $596.70 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 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.