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Chest X-Ray, Single View

New Mexico 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $178 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$26.92$19.05 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$41.69 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $31 to $479Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $10 to $105
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $178professional $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
$38.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$74.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$57.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.60
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$95.50

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 46th of 51

$30.90

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.