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Chest X-Ray, Single View

North Carolina 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 8 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$26.92$21.88 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$120 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $40 to $501Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $18 to $110
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $182professional $27

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
$48.98
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$47.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$64.57
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
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$41.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$45.71
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$363.08
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 2nd of 51

$93.33

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.