Rib and chest X-ray cost in Sayre, PA
In Sayre, PA, 3 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 $413.20 to $573.84, with a median of $572.42. The lowest listed price is at Troy Community Hospital — $159.22 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $411.06 at 95 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 71101, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Sayre, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Community Hospital one side lowest Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Ribs Unilat W/Pa Cxr | $413.20 | $516.50 | $26.94–$356.75 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital one side lowest Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Ribs Unilat W/Pa Cxr | $413.20 | $516.50 | $26.50–$516.50 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus one side Towanda, PA Ribs Unilat W/Pa Cxr | $572.42 | $715.52 | $35.84–$377.15 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus one side Towanda, PA Ribs Unilat W/Pa Cxr | $572.42 | $715.52 | $35.84–$715.52 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital one side Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Ribs Unilat W/Pa Cxr | $573.84 | $717.30 | $38.01–$573.84 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital one side Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Ribs Unilat W/Pa Cxr | $573.84 | $717.30 | $36.84–$717.30 | 20% | — source file |
One side of the body : lowest $413.20, median $572.42, highest $573.84 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $572.42. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 of 3 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.