CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, chest (single view)

Facility: Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario

Billing Code: 71045 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$90

about 1.0× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $18–$196

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$258

Well above the fair price

about $168 over the fair price · 2.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $90 This hospital $258 Cash price $168 Hospital's list price $259

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other OR hospitals

Highest price of the 9 OR hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $17 Priciest $258

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 OR hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a X-ray, chest (single view) is about $90 (about 1.0× the $89 Medicare rate). Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario charges insurers about $258, or about $168 in cash — well above the fair price. Located in Ontario, OR.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $90. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$78 - $249	88%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$78 - $258	88%
Aetnamajor	$78 - $245	88%
Cignamajor	$78 - $243	88%
Humanamajor	$78 - $228	88%
Ambetter (Centene)	$78	88%
Dean Health Plan	$233	262%
GEHA	$245 - $249	276%
Health Net	$78 - $218	88%
HealthPartners	$78 - $202	88%
Meridian	$78	88%
Moda Health	$201 - $251	226%
Molina	$78	88%
PacificSource	$155 - $243	174%
Paramount	$78 - $233	88%
Presbyterian	$78	88%
Priority Health	$243	273%
SelectHealth	$68 - $233	76%
Tufts Health Plan	$78	88%
WellSense	$78	88%
+ 93 smaller / regional plans	$78 - $258

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 5 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 168), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 71045.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 71045.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

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Other Procedures at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario

Compare: X-ray, chest (single view) at other OR hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.