Scans and imaging CPT 72050 Outpatient

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

In McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX, 4 hospitals list a cash price for neck (cervical spine) X-ray, 4 or 5 views: from $104.00 to $2,524.39, with a median of $162.77. The lowest listed price is at Mission Regional Medical Center and 1 other hospital — $58.77 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $545.55 at 267 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 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 Oct 6, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$104.00Mission Regional Medical Center + 1 more

Median$162.77half of hospitals charge less

Highest$2,524.39in this market

Difference24.3×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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.

median

Lowest $104.00Highest $2,524.39

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Mission Regional Medical Center lowest Mission, TX · (956) 323-9000 CERVICAL SPINE 4 OR 5 VIEWS+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file	$104.00	$904.74	$53.80–$723.79	89%
Knapp Medical Center lowest Weslaco, TX · (956) 968-8567 Hc Radex Spine Cervical 4 Or 5 Views File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file	$104.00	$587.86	$53.80–$576.10	82%
Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX · (361) 694-5041 Spine C Ap/Lat/Flex & Ext+2 more lines at this price File of Oct 6, 2025 · source file	$221.54	$1,107.68	$51.45–$165.82	80%
Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX · (361) 694-5041 Spine Cervical,Min 4 View File of Oct 6, 2025 · source file	$291.65	$1,458.24	$51.45–$165.82	80%
Rio Grande Regional Hospital San Juan, TX · (956) 632-6000 XR C-SPINE 4-5 V File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file	$2,524.39	$2,524.39	$176.71–$2,145.73	—

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

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

Outpatient: lowest $104.00, median $162.77, highest $2,524.39 — a 24.3× difference within the same market.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 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.