Scans and imaging CPT 70250 Outpatient

Skull X-ray cost in York, PA

In York-Hanover, PA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for skull X-ray, fewer than 4 views: from $262.80 to $375.20, with a median of $319.00. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Memorial and 1 other hospital — $56.20 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $355.32 at 97 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 70250, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$262.80UPMC Memorial + 1 more
Median$319.00half pay less
Highest$375.20in this market
Difference1.4×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 York-Hanover, PA.

median
Lowest $262.80Highest $375.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
UPMC Memorial lowest York, PA · (717) 843-8623 HC SKULL < 4 VIEWS $262.80 $438.00 $27.51–$589.04 40% —
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UPMC Hanover lowest Hanover, PA · (717) 637-3711 HC SKULL < 4 VIEWS $262.80 $438.00 $27.51–$589.04 40% —
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WellSpan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital York, PA · (717) 812-6100 X-Ray of Skull, 1-3 Views $375.20 $469.00 $26.25–$602.31 20% —
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York Hospital York, PA · (717) 851-2345 X-Ray of Skull, 1-3 Views $375.20 $469.00 $26.25–$641.84 20% —
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Outpatient: lowest $262.80, median $319.00, highest $375.20 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $319.00. 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 4 of 4 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 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.