Scans and imaging CPT 70250 Outpatient

Skull X-ray cost in Baltimore, MD

In Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, 8 hospitals list a cash price for skull X-ray, fewer than 4 views: from $101.63 to $339.37, with a median of $255.44. The lowest listed price is at Greater Baltimore Medical Center — $153.81 less than the median here. Across Maryland, the median is $223.93 at 15 hospitals.

Cash prices at 8 facilities across 2 cities for code 70250, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$101.63Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Median$255.44half of hospitals charge less

Highest$339.37in this market

Difference3.3×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 $101.63Highest $339.37

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Greater Baltimore Medical Center lowest Towson, MD · (443) 849-2000 HC Skull <4 Vws source file	$101.63	$103.70	$101.63–$103.70	2%
Mercy Medical Center Baltimore, MD · (410) 332-9237 HC X-RAY SKULL <4 VW source file	$171.90	$175.41	$175.41–$171.90	2%
MedStar Harbor Hospital Baltimore, MD · (410) 350-3201 SKULL < 4 VWS+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$223.93	$228.50	$223.93–$228.50	2%
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital Baltimore, MD · (443) 444-3902 SKULL < 4 VWS+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$254.87	$260.07	$254.87–$260.07	2%
The Kennedy Krieger Institute Baltimore, MD · (443) 923-9301 HC SKULL X-RAY source file	$256.00	$320.00	$38.30–$320.00	20%
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Baltimore, MD · (443) 777-7850 SKULL < 4 VWS+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$261.05	$266.38	$261.05–$266.38	2%
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore, MD · (410) 578-5050 SKULL XRAY source file	$286.61	$292.46	$286.61–$292.46	2%
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore, MD · (410) 554-2227 BC-SKULL < 4 VWS+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$339.37	$346.30	$339.37–$346.30	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

Outpatient: lowest $101.63, median $255.44, highest $339.37 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $213.95. 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 7 of 8 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 skull X-ray takes up to three pictures of the bones of the head. It is used less often than before, because a head CT (70450) shows the brain and skull better after an injury.

What the price covers

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