Scans and imaging CPT 72050 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck X-ray (4-5 views) cost in El Paso, TX — inpatient

In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for neck (cervical spine) X-ray, 4 or 5 views as an inpatient: from $50.00 to $70.98, with a median of $70.98. The lowest listed price is at El Paso Children's Hospital — $20.98 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $545.55 at 267 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 72050, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$50.00El Paso Children's Hospital

Median$70.98half of hospitals charge less

Highest$70.98in 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 El Paso, TX.

median

Lowest $50.00Highest $152.05

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 XR C-SPINE 4+V+1 more line at this price source file	$50.00	$250.00	$46.02–$246.95	80%
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 XR C-SPINE 4+V source file	$70.98	$354.91	$49.60–$359.78	80%
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX XR C-SPINE 4+V source file	$70.98	$354.91	$49.60–$359.78	80%
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX RAD C-SPINE 4+V+1 more line at this price source file	$152.05	$760.24	$49.60–$418.13	80%
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ED XR C-SPINE 4+V+1 more line at this price source file	$152.05	$760.24	$49.60–$418.13	80%

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

Inpatient: lowest $50.00, median $70.98, highest $70.98 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $70.98 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 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.

24 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72050 ($399.28). 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.

Hospital	Cash price	File
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH SPN CERVICAL W/FLEX AND EXT	$28.15	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH CERV SPINE AP/LAT/OBL/COMP	$28.15	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR SPN CERVICAL W/FLEX AND EXT	$32.10	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE CERV SPINE AP/LAT/OBL/COMP	$32.10	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE SPN CERVICAL W/FLEX AND EXT	$32.10	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS CERV SPINE AP/LAT/OBL/COMP	$32.10	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS SPN CERVICAL W/FLEX AND EXT	$32.10	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES CERV SPINE AP/LAT/OBL/COMP	$32.10	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES SPN CERVICAL W/FLEX AND EXT	$32.10	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN CERV SPIAP/LAT/OBL/COMP	$32.10	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN SPN CERVICAL W/FLEX EXT	$32.10	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN SPN CERVICAL W/FLEX EXT	$32.10	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR CERV SPINE AP/LAT/OBL/COMP	$32.10	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXES SPN CERVICAL W/FLEX AND EXT	$32.10	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN CERV SPIAP/LAT/OBL/COMP	$32.10	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR CERV SPINE AP/LAT/OBL/COMP	$32.10	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR SPN CERVICAL W/FLEX AND EXT	$32.10	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE CERV SPINE AP/LAT/OBL/COMP	$32.10	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE SPN CERVICAL W/FLEX AND EXT	$32.10	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS CERV SPINE AP/LAT/OBL/COMP	$32.10	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS SPN CERVICAL W/FLEX AND EXT	$32.10	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXES CERV SPINE AP/LAT/OBL/COMP	$32.10	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXERD XR C-SPINE 4+V	$36.07	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXERD XR C-SPINE 4+V	$36.07	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.