How much does chest X-ray, 1 view cost in California?
CPT 71045 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for California.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
benchmarks and hospital-published prices — not a guarantee, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.
71045 Chest X-ray, 1 view
Ask to pay
$176
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$348
Medicare $88
Ask $176
$36 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $2,053
What Medicare paysⓘ
$88
Typical price near you
$348
Cash / self-pay price
$364
Prices near you — 92 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) lowest | Hospital | $36negotiated | 0.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $36negotiated | 0.4× | — |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $54cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $54cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $54cash | 0.6× | — |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $54cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $54cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $55cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $56cash | 0.6× | — |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $65cash | 0.7× | — |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $75cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $86cash | 1.0× | — |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $93cash | 1.1× | — |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $111cash | 1.3× | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $112negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $117negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $118negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) | Hospital | $138cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) | Hospital | $143cash | 1.6× | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $153cash | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $197cash | 2.2× | — |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $227cash | 2.6× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $229cash | 2.6× | — |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $230cash | 2.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $243cash | 2.8× | — |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $248cash | 2.8× | — |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $249cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $249cash | 2.8× | — |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $257cash | 2.9× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $257cash | 2.9× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $257cash | 2.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $257cash | 2.9× | — |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $258cash | 2.9× | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $264cash | 3.0× | — |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $272cash | 3.1× | — |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $273cash | 3.1× | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $286cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $289cash | 3.3× | — |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $292cash | 3.3× | — |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $293cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $293cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $307cash | 3.5× | — |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $318cash | 3.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $342cash | 3.9× | — |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $345cash | 3.9× | — |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $352cash | 4.0× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $352cash | 4.0× | — |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $357cash | 4.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $364cash | 4.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $364cash | 4.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $364cash | 4.1× | — |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $371cash | 4.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $374cash | 4.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $392cash | 4.5× | — |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $400cash | 4.5× | — |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $405cash | 4.6× | ★★★★★ |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $406cash | 4.6× | — |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $422cash | 4.8× | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $457cash | 5.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $457cash | 5.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $457cash | 5.2× | — |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $457cash | 5.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $476cash | 5.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $476cash | 5.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $476cash | 5.4× | — |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $481cash | 5.5× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $526cash | 6.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $580cash | 6.6× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $588cash | 6.7× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $593cash | 6.7× | — |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $738cash | 8.4× | — |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $738cash | 8.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $738cash | 8.4× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $738cash | 8.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $738cash | 8.4× | — |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $738cash | 8.4× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $738cash | 8.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $738cash | 8.4× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $742cash | 8.4× | — |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $751cash | 8.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $764cash | 8.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $784cash | 8.9× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $788cash | 8.9× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $874cash | 9.9× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $916cash | 10.4× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $916cash | 10.4× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $916cash | 10.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $976cash | 11.1× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $979cash | 11.1× | — |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $1,036cash | 11.8× | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) gross charge | Hospital | $1,965cash | 22.3× | — |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) gross charge | Hospital | $2,053cash | 23.3× | — |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 2 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 71045 (Chest X-ray, 1 view), Medicare's benchmark rate is $88.05. A fair self-pay target for this line is $176.10. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 71045 is $364.00, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $229.25–$591.94. Please apply a rate in that range to my bill rather than the gross charge.
- Please send a fully itemized bill listing every CPT/HCPCS/DRG code and its individual charge, so I can review each line against published rates.
- Separately, what is your financial assistance / charity care policy, and am I eligible? Please send me the application and the income thresholds.
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What should 71045 cost in California?
For chest X-ray, 1 view (CPT 71045) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $348, with hospitals ranging from $229 to $592 across 92 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $88, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does chest X-ray, 1 view cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for chest X-ray, 1 view (CPT 71045) in California is around $348, with hospital prices ranging from $229 to $592 across 92 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 71045?
Medicare pays about $88 for chest X-ray, 1 view (CPT 71045). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of chest X-ray, 1 view?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.