Sinus X-ray cost in San Jose, CA — inpatient
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for sinus X-ray, complete, 3 or more views as an inpatient: from $308.00 to $954.80, with a median of $402.38. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose and 1 other hospital — $94.38 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $458.22 at 210 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 70220, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose lowest San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 RADEX SINUSES PARANASAL COMPL MINIMUM 3 VIEWS source file | $308.00 | $550.00 | $118.00–$370.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara lowest Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 RADEX SINUSES PARANASAL COMPL MINIMUM 3 VIEWS source file | $308.00 | $550.00 | $118.00–$370.00 | 44% |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC SINUSES MIN 3 VIEWS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $496.75 | $1,987.00 | — | 75% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Xr Sinuses Paranasal Min 3v File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $954.80 | $2,387.00 | — | 60% |
Inpatient: lowest $308.00, median $402.38, highest $954.80 — a 3.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $648.38 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 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.