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Chest X-Ray, Single View

Alabama rates for HCPCS 71045

A single X-ray image of the chest, typically taken from the front, used to look at the lungs, heart, and surrounding structures. It's a quick, basic exam often used to check for pneumonia, evaluate a cough, or get a baseline look at the chest. It provides less detail than a two-view chest X-ray, which adds a side image.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 5 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$24.55$20.89 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$74.13 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $23 to $331Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $18 to $43
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $132professional $25

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$104.71

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in South Dakota than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alabama· 41st of 51

$33.11

SD $269RI $21.38

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.