CMS Price Transparency Data
X-ray, chest (single view)
Facility: Reading Hospital
Billing Code: 71045 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$72
about 0.8× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $13–$89
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $89 Fair price $72 Cash price $286 Hospital's list price $408
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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 | $10 - $433 | 11% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $7 - $211 | 8% |
| Aetnamajor | $20 - $282 | 22% |
| Cignamajor | $233 | 262% |
| AmeriHealth | $10 | 11% |
| Geisinger | $10 - $258 | 11% |
| Health Net | $184 | 207% |
| HealthPartners | $10 | 11% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $9 - $220 | 10% |
| + 7 smaller / regional plans | $10 - $388 |
Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Reading Hospital
Compare: X-ray, chest (single view) at other PA hospitals
- St Christopher's Hospital for Children · Philadelphia $15
- Penn Highlands Connellsville · Connellsville $16
- UPMC Muncy · Muncy $17
- UPMC Wellsboro · Wellsboro $17
- Phoenixville Hospital · Phoenixville $19
- Saint Vincent Hospital · Erie $21
- Allegheny Valley Hospital · Natrona $21
- Allegheny General Hospital · Pittsburgh $21
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.