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Chest X-ray, Four Or More Views

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 71048

This is a chest X-ray that includes four or more images taken from different angles or positions. Using more views than a standard two-view chest X-ray can help show areas that might otherwise be hidden behind other structures. It's used to evaluate the lungs, heart, and chest wall in more detail than a basic exam.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chest X-ray, Four Or More Views cost?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $40.74 to $56.23.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $35 to $87
$50$100$200professional $48

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$43.65

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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· 22nd of 51

$47.86

AK $112FL $38.90

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.