Scans and imaging CPT 71101 Outpatient

Rib and chest X-ray cost in Sioux Falls, SD

In Sioux Falls, SD-MN, 4 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 $218.40 to $616.00, with a median of $480.20. The lowest listed price is at Sanford Luverne Medical Center — $261.80 less than the median here. Across South Dakota, the median is $463.20 at 20 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 Mar 4, 2026 and Apr 30, 2026.

Lowest$218.40Sanford Luverne Medical Center
Median$480.20half of hospitals charge less
Highest$616.00in this market
Difference2.8×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 Sioux Falls, SD-MN.

median
Lowest $218.40Highest $616.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Sanford Luverne Medical Center one side lowest Luverne, MN · (507) 283-2321 RAD EXAM RIBS UNILAT W CHEST MIN 3 VWS File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $218.40 $273.00 $66.09–$258.26 20%
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center one side Canton, SD · (605) 764-1500 RAD EXAM RIBS UNILAT W CHEST MIN 3 VWS File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $398.40 $498.00 $170.32–$448.20 20%
Pioneer Memorial Hospital - Cah one side Viborg, SD · (605) 326-5161 RAD EXAM RIBS UNILAT W CHEST MIN 3 VWS File of Apr 30, 2026 · source file $562.00 $562.00 $196.70–$539.52 —
Sanford USD Medical Center one side Sioux Falls, SD · (605) 333-1000 RAD EXAM RIBS UNILAT W CHEST MIN 3 VWS File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $616.00 $770.00 $42.28–$693.00 20%
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. More
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. More
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. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

One side of the body : lowest $218.40, median $480.20, highest $616.00 — a 2.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $480.20. 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 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.