Scans and imaging CPT 71046 Alaska Outpatient

Chest X-ray cost in Alaska

In Alaska, 9 hospitals publish a cash price for chest X-ray, 2 views: from $210.83 to $845.00, with a median of $428.22. The lowest price is at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital (Fairbanks). The highest price is 4.0× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 71046. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$210.83Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
Median$428.22half pay less
Highest$845.00in Alaska
Lowest saves$217.39vs the median

Hospitals in Alaska, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital lowest Fairbanks · Fairbanks-College, AK X-ray of chest, 2 views $210.83 $221.93 Jun 16, 2026
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Ketchikan Medial Center Ketchikan · Ketchikan, AK X-RAY OF CHEST; 2 VIEWS $236.60 $364.00 —
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City of Valdez Valdez · Valdez, AK HC XR CHEST 2 VIEWS $266.76 $342.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Mat-Su Valley Medical Center one side Palmer · Anchorage, AK XR Chest 1V w Decubitus Rt DR $296.40 $988.00 Apr 1, 2026
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City of Seward Seward · Seward, AK HC XR CHEST 2 VIEWS $428.22 $549.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Alaska Specialty Hospital Anchorage · Anchorage, AK HC XR CHEST 2 VIEWS $709.02 $909.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center Kodiak · Kodiak, AK HC XR CHEST 2 VIEWS $716.04 $918.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage · Anchorage, AK HC XR CHEST 2 VIEWS $733.98 $941.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Anchorage · Anchorage, AK X-ray of chest, 2 views $845.00 $845.00 Aug 20, 2026
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By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Anchorage, AK 3 $296.40 $733.98
Anchorage, AK 1 $709.02 $709.02
Fairbanks-College, AK 1 $210.83 $210.83
Kodiak, AK 1 $716.04 $716.04
Ketchikan, AK 1 $236.60 $236.60
Seward, AK 1 $428.22 $428.22
Valdez, AK 1 $266.76 $266.76

What it is

A chest X-ray with two views, usually one from the front and one from the side, shows the lungs, heart size and the bones of the chest. It is ordered for cough, shortness of breath, suspected pneumonia, chest pain and some pre-employment or pre-surgery checks.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.

Chest X-ray, 2 views in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.