Scans and imaging CPT 70250 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Skull X-ray cost in Stockton, CA — inpatient

In Stockton-Lodi, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for skull X-ray, fewer than 4 views as an inpatient: from $70.56 to $911.00, with a median of $683.20. The lowest listed price is at St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton — $612.64 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $427.43 at 209 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 70250, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$70.56St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton

Median$683.20half of hospitals charge less

Highest$911.00in this market

Difference12.9×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 Stockton-Lodi, CA.

median

Lowest $70.56Highest $911.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton lowest Stockton, CA · (209) 943-2000 XR SKULL <4 VIEWS FY File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$70.56	$240.00	$172.80–$196.80	71%
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CA · (209) 943-2000 XR SKULL <4 VIEWS File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$353.39	$1,202.00	$865.44–$985.64	71%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Manteca Manteca, CA · (209) 825-3700 RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION SKULL 4< VIEWS source file	$683.20	$1,220.00	$142.00–$445.00	44%
Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Tracy, CA · (209) 835-1500 HCHG XR SKULL LESS 4 VIEW File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$911.00	$911.00	—	—

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 $70.56, median $683.20, highest $911.00 — a 12.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $681.43 — 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 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.