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Chest X-Ray, Single View

Montana 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 Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $191 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$28.84$20.89 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$48.98 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $35 to $389Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $18 to $112
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $191professional $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
$87.10
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$43.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$67.61
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$67.61
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.22
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$104.71

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 30th 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.