Scans and imaging CPT 72050 Outpatient

Neck X-ray (4-5 views) cost in Bakersfield, CA

In Bakersfield-Delano, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for neck (cervical spine) X-ray, 4 or 5 views: from $256.02 to $433.33, with a median of $362.73. The lowest listed price is at Kern Valley Healthcare District — $106.71 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $628.50 at 209 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 72050, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Lowest$256.02Kern Valley Healthcare District

Median$362.73half of hospitals charge less

Highest$433.33in this market

Difference1.7×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 Bakersfield-Delano, CA.

median

Lowest $256.02Highest $433.33

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Kern Valley Healthcare District lowest Mountain Mesa, CA · (760) 379-2681 X-ray of upper spine, 4-5 views File of Jun 11, 2026 · source file	$256.02	$1,219.15	$57.38–$1,219.15	79%
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Ridgecrest, CA · (760) 446-3551 C-spine 4 views+1 more line at this price File of Sep 11, 2026 · source file	$296.80	$560.00	$144.68	47%
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield, CA · (661) 327-1792 XR CERVICAL SPINE 4-5 VW File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$428.66	$1,168.00	$57.38–$922.72	63%
Mercy Hospital Bakersfield, CA · (661) 632-5000 XR CERVICAL SPINE 4-5 VW File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$433.33	$1,168.00	$57.38–$934.40	63%

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.

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.

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.

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $256.02, median $362.73, highest $433.33 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $428.66. 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 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

This neck X-ray takes four or five pictures of the cervical spine, including angled views that show the openings where the nerves leave the spine. It is ordered for neck pain, arm numbness or after an injury.

What the price covers

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