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Chest X-ray in San Diego
Across 11 of 13 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $111 to $532 — 4.8× the price for the same billing code.
For scale: Medicare pays hospitals about $88.91 for this as an outpatient service — the 2026 national rate, before local wage adjustment.
| Hospital | Self-pay price | List price | Insurers pay | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Valley Hospital paradisevalleyhospital.net · National City | $111 | $597 | $18–$223 | B |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego rchsd.org · San Diego | $140–$622 varies | $767 | $59–$195 | D |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital scripps.org · San Diego | $244 | $975 | $27–$780 | B |
| Scripps Green Hospital scripps.org · La Jolla | $244 | $975 | $27–$780 | B |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla scripps.org · La Jolla | $244 | $975 | $27–$780 | B |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas scripps.org · Encinitas | $244 | $975 | $27–$780 | B |
| Tri-city Medical Center tricitymed.org · Oceanside | $326–$374 varies | $624 | $93–$492 | C |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · San Marcos | $385 | $740 | $81–$240 | B |
| Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr health.ucsd.edu · San Diego | $425 | $773 | $27–$2,172 | C |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr Ctr sharp.com · Coronado | $532 | $710 | $0–$696 | B |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital sharp.com · San Diego | $532 | $710 | $1–$725 | B |
| Grossmont Hospital sharp.com · La Mesa | $532 | $710 | $1–$7,998 | B |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center sharp.com · Chula Vista | $532 | $710 | $99–$639 | B |
What these three numbers mean
Self-pay price is what the hospital says it charges someone paying directly. It is the number to ask for by name. List price is the undiscounted charge almost nobody pays. Insurers pay is the range of procedure-specific negotiated rates in the file — useful mainly to see whether the self-pay price is above or below what insurers get.
Some hospitals attach one flat rate to nearly their whole price list. Those are excluded here, because a number identical for a colonoscopy and a blood test says nothing about either. More on that →
Billing code CPT 71046 —
Chest X-ray, 2 views. Every price on this page is read from the hospital's
own published file; open a hospital to see which file and when it was read.