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Basic Chest X-Ray, Single View

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 71010

This covers a basic chest X-ray taken from a single angle, usually from the front, to look at the lungs, heart, and chest structures. It is one of the most common imaging tests used to evaluate symptoms like cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain, or to check the position of a medical device. This is the simplest and quickest version of a chest X-ray.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Basic Chest X-Ray, Single View cost?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$33.11$32.36 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$61.66 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $44 to $170Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $32 to $68
$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $33

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$67.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$169.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Massachusetts than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 24th of 36

$41.69

MA $166FL $16.22

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.