Scans and imaging CPT 72050 Outpatient

Neck X-ray (4-5 views) cost in Memphis, TN

In Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 13 hospitals list a cash price for neck (cervical spine) X-ray, 4 or 5 views: from $117.15 to $221.98, with a median of $176.32. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden — $59.17 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $211.20 at 86 hospitals.

Cash prices at 13 facilities across 7 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 27, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$117.15Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden

Median$176.32half of hospitals charge less

Highest$221.98in this market

Difference1.9×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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR.

median

Lowest $117.15Highest $221.98

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden lowest West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC XR SPINE CERV 4/5 VWS File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file	$117.15	$781.00	$32.00–$624.80	85%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC XR SPINE CERV 4/5 VWS File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file	$124.80	$624.00	$46.75–$561.60	80%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TN · (901) 476-2621 HC XR SPINE CERV 4/5 VWS File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file	$150.00	$625.00	$38.40–$562.50	76%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC XR SPINE CERV 4/5 VWS File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file	$164.01	$781.00	$92.51–$702.90	79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TN HC XR SPINE CERV 4/5 VWS File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file	$164.01	$781.00	$92.51–$702.90	79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC XR SPINE CERV 4/5 VWS File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$164.01	$781.00	$25.31–$702.90	79%
Regional One Health Memphis, TN · (901) 545-7928 4357470000 - Spine Cervical Min 4 Views source file	$176.32	$321.75	$32.00–$257.40	45%
Regional One Health Memphis, TN · (901) 545-7928 4227050000 - Spine Cervical Min 4 Views source file	$176.53	$322.13	$32.00–$257.70	45%
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Radex Spine Cervical 4 or 5 Views - Xr Cervical Spine Comp 4-5 Views source file	$211.20	$960.00	$27.99–$206.83	78%
Methodist University Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Radex Spine Cervical 4 or 5 Views - Xr Cervical Spine Comp 4-5 Views source file	$211.20	$960.00	$27.99–$206.83	78%
Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC Radex Spine Cervical 4 or 5 Views - Xr Cervical Spine Comp 4-5 Views source file	$211.20	$960.00	$25.31–$240.03	78%
Methodist South Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Radex Spine Cervical 4 or 5 Views - Xr Cervical Spine Comp 4-5 Views source file	$211.20	$960.00	$27.99–$206.83	78%
Methodist North Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Radex Spine Cervical 4 or 5 Views - Xr Cervical Spine Comp 4-5 Views source file	$211.20	$960.00	$27.99–$206.83	78%
Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis, TN HC Radex Spine Cervical 4 or 5 Views - Xr Cervical Spine Comp 4-5 Views source file	$221.98	$1,009.00	—	78%

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

Outpatient: lowest $117.15, median $176.32, highest $221.98 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $187.61. 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 8 of 12 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.