The median cash price for Chest X-Ray (2 views) is $282, based on the stated self-pay prices 39 hospitals publish in their federal price-transparency files. Across all 41 hospitals we cover, prices run $18–$898.94.
| Hospital | Cash price | Gross charge | File dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI |
$6.60 est. | — | 2025-06-28 |
| University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor, MI |
$18 cash | $45 | 3/31/2026 |
| Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA |
$28.37 est. | — | 2026-04-13 |
| NYU Langone Tisch Hospital New York, NY |
$46.46 cash | $244.52 | 2026-01-01 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth) Lebanon, NH |
$57.83 cash | $189 | 1/1/2026 |
| Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Cleveland, OH |
$63.05 cash | $97 | 2026-06-16 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC |
$63.50 cash | $127 | 04/01/2026 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ |
$78.72 cash | $328 | 2026-03-02 |
| HMH Hospitals Corporation (Hackensack) Hackensack, NJ |
$97.46 cash | $497 | 2025-12-31 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ |
$108.06 cash | $510 | 2026-03-04 |
| Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY |
$143.88 cash | $220 | 2026-04-01 |
| WVU Hospitals Morgantown, WV |
$147 cash | $294 | 3/30/2026 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA |
$159.30 cash | $531 | 2026-04-01 |
| MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Baltimore, MD |
$186.46 cash | $190.27 | 2026-04-01 |
| Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee, WI |
$189.20 cash | $344 | 2025-12-31 |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital (Wake Forest) Winston-Salem, NC |
$216.50 cash | $433 | 2025-10-08 |
| Scripps Green Hospital San Diego, CA |
$243.65 cash | $974.59 | 2026-03-30 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla San Diego, CA |
$243.65 cash | $974.59 | 2026-03-30 |
| Dignity Health St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ |
$254.03 cash | $665 | 2026-02-28 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL |
$256.20 cash | $732 | 2026-04-01 |
| OSF HealthCare Peoria, IL |
$279.60 cash | $466 | 2026-03-31 |
| University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, OH |
$282 cash | $376 | 2025-05-16 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA |
$302.25 cash | $403 | 2026-04-01 |
| UC Irvine Medical Center Orange, CA |
$321.60 cash | $804 | 2026-04-01 |
| OHSU Hospital Portland, OR |
$332.80 cash | $512 | 2026-03-23 |
| Brigham and Womens Hospital Boston, MA |
$354 cash | $472 | 2026-03-27 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA |
$354 cash | $472 | 2026-03-27 |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX |
$361.80 cash | $540 | 2026-03-05 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX |
$364.65 cash | $607.75 | 2026-02-18 |
| Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX |
$389.28 cash | $1,216.50 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Oakland, CA |
$504 cash | $900 | 4/1/2026 |
| Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$511 cash | $511 | 2026-02-10 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center San Diego, CA |
$532.50 cash | $710 | 04/01/2026 |
| Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA |
$540.40 cash | $1,351 | 2026-04-01 |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Chicago, IL |
$617.40 cash | $882 | 4/1/2026 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX |
$625 cash | $1,250 | 2026-04-01 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA |
$627.30 cash | $627.30 | 03/31/2026 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY |
$647 cash | $647 | 2025-12-01 |
| University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL |
$681 cash | $681 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK |
$733.98 cash | $941 | 2026-04-01 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA |
$898.94 cash | $1,382.99 | 2025-11-26 |
"Cash price" = the hospital's published discounted_cash self-pay rate. "Gross charge" = the sticker price before any discount — what cash-pay patients are first billed and can negotiate down toward the cash rate.
If you're paying cash for Chest X-Ray (2 views), the hospital's published self-pay price is a ceiling you can negotiate from, not a fixed quote. Bring the figure above (and the source file) to billing and ask for the cash / prompt-pay rate. Free-standing imaging centers and ASCs are often well below hospital outpatient rates.