Scans and imaging CPT 72050 Outpatient

Neck X-ray (4-5 views) cost in Lubbock, TX

In Lubbock, TX, 8 hospitals list a cash price for neck (cervical spine) X-ray, 4 or 5 views: from $197.82 to $1,455.00, with a median of $355.95. The lowest listed price is at Covenant Hospital Levelland — $158.13 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $545.55 at 284 hospitals.

Cash prices at 8 facilities across 4 cities for code 72050, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$197.82Covenant Hospital Levelland
Median$355.95half pay less
Highest$1,455.00in this market
Difference7.4×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 Lubbock, TX.

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Lowest $197.82Highest $1,455.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Covenant Hospital Levelland lowest Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC XR SPINE CERVICAL 4 OR 5 VIEWS $197.82 $471.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Cochran Memorial Hospital Morton, TX · (806) 266-5565 XR SPINE CERVICAL FEX / EXT $205.50 $205.50 $131.99–$205.50 — —
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Crosbyton Clinic Hospital Crosbyton, TX · (806) 675-2382 Xr Spine Cervical 4 Vie $212.00 $212.00 $128.00–$170.00 — —
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Grace Surgical Hospital Lubbock, TX HC XR SPINE CERVICAL 4 OR 5 VIEWS $328.44 $782.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC XR SPINE CERVICAL 4 OR 5 VIEWS $383.46 $913.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC XR SPINE CERVICAL 4 OR 5 VIEWS $383.46 $913.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock, TX HC XR SPINE CERVICAL 4 OR 5 VIEWS $1,101.24 $2,622.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC XR SPINE CERVICAL 4 OR 5 VIEWS $1,101.24 $2,622.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC XR SPINE CERVICAL 4 OR 5 VIEWS $1,101.24 $2,622.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Radex Spine Cervical 4 Or 5 Views - Xr Cervical Spine Comp 4-5 Views $1,455.00 $1,455.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $197.82, median $355.95, highest $1,455.00 — a 7.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $1,101.24. 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 0 of 2 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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72050 ($403.40). 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.

Cochran Memorial Hospital Morton, TXINTERP OF C SPINE COMPLETE $35.00 file
Cochran Memorial Hospital Morton, TXINTERP OF C-SPINE FLEX/EXT $35.00 file