Neck X-ray (4-5 views) cost in Meridian, MS
In Meridian, MS, 4 hospitals list a cash price for neck (cervical spine) X-ray, 4 or 5 views: from $56.95 to $214.00, with a median of $114.19. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Watkins Hospital — $57.24 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $184.92 at 54 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 72050, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 17, 2026 and Feb 25, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Meridian, MS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Watkins Hospital lowest Quitman, MS · (601) 776-6925 CHG X-RAY CERV SPINE 4 OR 5 VW source file | $56.95 | $85.00 | $39.79–$351.42 | 33% |
| Ochsner Rush Hospital Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 HC SPINE CERVICAL MIN 4 OR 5 VIEWS source file | $110.67 | $357.00 | $58.37–$308.83 | 69% |
| Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center Meridian, MS · (601) 553-6000 HC XR SPINE CERV 4/5 VWS File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $117.70 | $535.00 | $96.30–$428.00 | 78% |
| Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center-South Meridian, MS · (601) 484-3590 HC XR SPINE CERV 4/5 VWS File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file | $214.00 | $535.00 | $94.72–$401.25 | 60% |
| Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman, MS · (601) 776-6925 HC SPINE CERVICAL MIN 4 OR 5 VIEWS source file | $263.98 | $394.00 | $81.46–$351.42 | 33% |
Outpatient: lowest $56.95, median $114.19, highest $214.00 — a 3.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $117.70. 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 4 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72050 ($402.50). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Rush Hospital Meridian, MSCHG X-RAY CERV SPINE 4 OR 5 VW | $26.35 | file |