Rib and chest X-ray cost in San Antonio, TX — inpatient
In San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX, 5 hospitals list a cash price for rib X-ray, one side, with a chest view, 3 or more views as an inpatient: from $127.50 to $527.10, with a median of $359.61. The lowest listed price is at University Health System — $232.11 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $394.69 at 280 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 71101, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 14, 2025 and Aug 6, 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Health System one side lowest San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC X-RAY RIBS 2 VWS RT W/CHEST POSTEROANTERIOR MIN+1 more line at this price File of Oct 14, 2025 · source file | $127.50 | $510.00 | $188.70–$433.50 | 75% |
| Guadalupe Regional Medical Center Seguin, TX · (830) 379-2411 RIBS UNIL +P/A CHEST MIN 3 VWS+1 more line at this price source file | $161.50 | $323.00 | $38.58–$382.30 | 50% |
| Medina Regional Hospital Hondo, TX · (830) 426-7700 RAD RIBS MIN 3 VIEW W/PA CHEST File of Jul 29, 2026 · source file | $359.61 | $399.56 | $199.78–$359.60 | 10% |
| Pam Speciality Hospital of New Braunfels one side New Braunfels, TX RAD Ribs Uni W/Pa Cht Lt File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $527.10 | $527.10 | $368.97–$474.39 | — |
| Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital of San Antonio one side San Antonio, TX RAD Ribs Uni W/Pa Cht Lt+1 more line at this price File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $527.10 | $527.10 | $368.97–$474.39 | — |
Inpatient: lowest $127.50, median $359.61, highest $527.10 — a 4.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $1,589.79 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 5 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71101 ($298.56). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe Regional Medical Center Seguin, TXRIBS UNIL +P/A CHEST MIN 3V-PF | $29.00 | file |
| Guadalupe Regional Medical Center Seguin, TXRIBS UNIL +P/A CHEST MIN 3V-PF | $29.00 | file |