Scans and imaging CPT 72050 Outpatient

Neck X-ray (4-5 views) cost in Pottsville, PA

In Pottsville, PA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for neck (cervical spine) X-ray, 4 or 5 views: from $1,506.60 to $1,506.60, with a median of $1,506.60. The lowest listed price is at Geisinger St Luke's Hospital - Orwigsburg Campus and 1 other hospital. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $468.30 at 97 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Feb 26, 2026 and Feb 27, 2026.

Lowest$1,506.60Geisinger St Luke's Hospital - Orwigsburg Campus + 1 more

Median$1,506.60half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,506.60in this market

Difference1.0×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 Pottsville, PA.

median

Lowest $1,506.60Highest $1,506.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Geisinger St Luke's Hospital - Orwigsburg Campus lowest Orwigsburg, PA · (272) 639-4990 HB X-RAY EXAM NECK SPINE 4/5VWS File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file	$1,506.60	$1,674.00	$47.12–$579.20	10%
St Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus lowest Coaldale, PA · (570) 645-2131 HB X-RAY EXAM NECK SPINE 4/5VWS File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file	$1,506.60	$1,674.00	$40.62–$1,386.41	10%

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.

Outpatient: lowest $1,506.60, median $1,506.60, highest $1,506.60.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,506.60. 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.