CPT 71046 at St Clare Hospital

X-ray - Chest

St Clare Hospital, Lakewood

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

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What St Clare Hospital publishes for this code: as an outpatient

St Clare Hospital’s prices for CPT 71046, as an outpatient
Who pays	Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest)	Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates	$127 – $64817 plans	—
Medicare AdvantageInsurer rates	$99.80 – $11512 plans	—
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance	$249	—
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it	$864	—

Lowest and highest amounts St Clare Hospital lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. Its price file is dated 2026-02-28. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

What St Clare Hospital publishes for this code: during a hospital stay

St Clare Hospital’s prices for CPT 71046, during a hospital stay
Who pays	Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest)	Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates	$622 – $6482 plans	—
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance	$249	—
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it	$864	—

Lowest and highest amounts St Clare Hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. Its price file is dated 2026-02-28. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Bills to expect

The hospital’s fee is the price above. Doctors usually send their own bills. Their amounts here are what original Medicare allows in the rest of Washington for 2026, and a private-plan estimate of 118% to 179% of that (the range found across studies of what insurers pay doctors). Those are estimates, not quotes.

Bills to expect for CPT 71046 at St Clare Hospital
Bill	What it’s for	Original Medicare allows	Private plan estimate
Hospital's feeThe hospital	The test or scan: equipment and staff	—	The price above
Reading doctorThe doctor who reads it (often a radiology group)	Reading the results and writing the report	$10.17	$12.00 – $18.20

Original Medicare amounts are only for people on original Medicare. Your share depends on your plan’s deductible, copay and coinsurance.

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