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Chest X-Ray, Single View

Illinois 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 7 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$28.84$20.89 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$85.11 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $32 to $437Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $13 to $79
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $240professional $29

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
$32.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$69.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$61.66
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$87.10

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 11th of 51

$57.54

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.