Scans and imaging CPT 70220 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Sinus X-ray cost in Hagerstown, MD — inpatient

In Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, 2 hospitals list a cash price for sinus X-ray, complete, 3 or more views as an inpatient: from $40.28 to $218.08, with a median of $129.18. The lowest listed price is at Western Maryland Hospital Center — $88.90 less than the median here. Across Maryland, the median is $223.93 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 70220, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$40.28Western Maryland Hospital Center
Median$129.18half of hospitals charge less
Highest$218.08in this market
Difference5.4×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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV.

median
Lowest $40.28Highest $218.08

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Western Maryland Hospital Center lowest Hagerstown, MD SINUSES source file $40.28 $40.28 $40.28 —
Meritus Medical Center Hagerstown, MD · (240) 313-9500 HC X-Ray Sinuses Paranasal Complete Minimum of 3 Views source file $218.08 $222.53 $218.08–$222.53 2%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $40.28, median $129.18, highest $218.08 — a 5.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $192.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 sinus X-ray takes three or more pictures of the air-filled spaces in the face. It can show fluid or thickening, but a sinus CT (70486) gives far more detail and is the usual test before sinus surgery.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.