Scans and imaging CPT 70360 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Soft tissue neck X-ray cost in San Antonio, TX — inpatient

In San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX, 5 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue X-ray as an inpatient: from $148.00 to $920.16, with a median of $196.78. The lowest listed price is at University Health System — $48.78 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $237.76 at 278 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 70360, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 14, 2025 and Aug 6, 2026.

Lowest$148.00University Health System
Median$196.78half of hospitals charge less
Highest$920.16in this market
Difference6.2×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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.

median
Lowest $148.00Highest $920.16

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
University Health System lowest San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC X-RAY NECK SOFT TISSUE - XR NECK SOFT TISSUE File of Oct 14, 2025 · source file $148.00 $592.00 $219.04–$503.20 75%
Guadalupe Regional Medical Center Seguin, TX · (830) 379-2411 NECK SOFT TISSUE+1 more line at this price File of May 21, 2026 · source file $161.50 $323.00 $28.31–$323.00 50%
Medina Regional Hospital Hondo, TX · (830) 426-7700 RAD EXAM NECK SOFT TISSUE File of Jul 29, 2026 · source file $196.78 $218.64 $109.32–$196.78 10%
Pam Speciality Hospital of New Braunfels New Braunfels, TX RAD Neck Soft Tissue File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $242.75 $242.75 $169.93–$218.48 —
Specialty Hospital of San Antonio Medical Center South San Antonio, TX RAD Neck Soft Tissue File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $920.16 $920.16 $644.11–$828.14 —
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.
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 $148.00, median $196.78, highest $920.16 — a 6.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $958.42 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 5 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 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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70360 ($223.25). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Guadalupe Regional Medical Center Seguin, TXNECK SOFT TISSUE-PF $19.00 file
Guadalupe Regional Medical Center Seguin, TXNECK SOFT TISSUE-PF $19.00 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.