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Chest X-Ray, Single View

Louisiana 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $100 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$28.18$22.91 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$38.02 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $28 to $309Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $17 to $50
$20$50$100$200$500facility $100professional $28

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
$27.54
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$25.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.39
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$87.10
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.30

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 44th of 51

$31.62

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.