Soft tissue neck X-ray cost in Buffalo, NY
In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 8 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue X-ray: from $61.86 to $295.00, with a median of $219.65. The lowest listed price is at Erie County Medical Center — $157.79 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $191.35 at 117 hospitals.
Cash prices at 8 facilities across 4 cities for code 70360, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie County Medical Center lowest Buffalo, NY · (716) 898-3936 X-RAY EXAM OF NECK | $61.86 | — | $31.22–$271.58 | — | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls, NY · (716) 278-4000 X-RAY OF SOFT TISSUE OF NECK | $104.73 | $149.61 | $20.04–$111.34 | 30% | — source file |
| Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville, NY · (716) 592-2871 X-RAY EXAM OF NECK | $110.38 | $129.87 | $6.06–$149.87 | 15% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville, NY · (716) 592-2871 NECK SOFT TISSU XRAY | $110.38 | $129.87 | $6.06–$149.87 | 15% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Neck Soft Tissues | $209.29 | $209.29 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NY · (716) 297-4800 HC X-Ray Neck Soft Tissue - Xr Neck Soft Tissue | $230.00 | $230.00 | $5.93–$230.00 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY · (716) 826-7000 HC X-Ray Neck Soft Tissue - Xr Neck Soft Tissue | $230.00 | $230.00 | $5.93–$230.00 | — | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NY · (716) 862-1000 HC X-Ray Neck Soft Tissue - Xr Neck Soft Tissue | $230.00 | $230.00 | $5.93–$230.00 | — | — source file |
| Kaleida Health Buffalo, NY · (716) 859-8620 Neck Soft Tissue | $295.00 | $295.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $61.86, median $219.65, highest $295.00 — a 4.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $230.00. 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 3 of 6 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 soft tissue neck X-ray shows the airway and the tissues of the throat rather than the spine. It is used in children and adults to look for a swallowed object, swelling of the epiglottis or croup.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70360 ($226.85). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville, NYNECK SOFT TISSUE | $17.00 | file |