CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, chest (single view)

Facility: Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire

Billing Code: 71045 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$124

about 1.4× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $76–$198

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$113

About the fair price

about $11 under the fair price · 1.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $124 This hospital $113 Cash price $116 Hospital's list price $122

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How this hospital compares to other WI hospitals

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

Cheapest $21 Priciest $113

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

A fair price for a X-ray, chest (single view) is about $124 (about 1.4× the $89 Medicare rate). Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire charges insurers about $113, or about $116 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Eau Claire, WI.

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	$101 - $484	114%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$119 - $135	134%
Aetnamajor	$117	132%
Cignamajor	$116	130%
HealthPartners	$116	130%
Medica	$114 - $116	128%
Molina	$104	117%
Sanford Health Plan	$67	75%
Security Health Plan	$89 - $122	100%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$61 - $897

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 116), 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 Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire 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.

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Other Procedures at Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire

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

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