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Chest X-Ray, Single View

Connecticut 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 6 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$30.20$21.88 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$58.88 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $44 to $331Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $17 to $93
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $158professional $30

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
$43.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$40.74
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$39.81
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.78
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$35.48
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$79.43

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 31st of 51

$40.74

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.