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Chest X-Ray, Single View

Vermont 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $407 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 5 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$25.70$20.42 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$251 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $229 to $513Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $39
$20$50$100$200$500facility $407professional $26

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$43.65
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$63.10
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$43.65

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 50th of 51

$26.30

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.