Scans and imaging CPT 70160 Outpatient

Nose X-ray cost in Baltimore, MD

In Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, 3 hospitals list a cash price for X-ray of the nasal bones, 3 or more views: from $80.00 to $276.80, with a median of $171.90. The lowest listed price is at Greater Baltimore Medical Center — $91.90 less than the median here. Across Maryland, the median is $191.27 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 70160, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$80.00Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Median$171.90half pay less
Highest$276.80in this market
Difference3.5×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD.

median
Lowest $80.00Highest $276.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Greater Baltimore Medical Center lowest Towson, MD · (443) 849-2000 X-Ray Nasal Bones $80.00 $80.00 $80.00 — —
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center lowest Towson, MD · (443) 849-2000 X-Ray Nasal Bones $80.00 $80.00 $80.00 — —
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center Towson, MD · (443) 849-2000 HC Nasal Bones $101.63 $103.70 $101.63–$103.70 2% —
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Mercy Medical Center Baltimore, MD · (410) 332-9237 HC X-RAY NASAL BONES $171.90 $175.41 $175.41–$171.90 2% —
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The Kennedy Krieger Institute Baltimore, MD · (443) 923-9301 HC NASAL $276.80 $346.00 $40.12–$346.00 20% —
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Outpatient: lowest $80.00, median $171.90, highest $276.80 — a 3.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $171.90. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A nasal bone X-ray looks for a broken nose after an injury.

What the price covers

The price usually covers taking the images. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.