Scans and imaging CPT 72050 Outpatient

Neck X-ray (4-5 views) cost in Richmond, VA

In Richmond, VA, 11 hospitals list a cash price for neck (cervical spine) X-ray, 4 or 5 views: from $795.60 to $1,721.00, with a median of $1,721.00. The lowest listed price is at Bon Secours Southside Medical Center — $925.40 less than the median here. Across Virginia, the median is $510.85 at 64 hospitals.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 6 cities for code 72050, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$795.60Bon Secours Southside Medical Center
Median$1,721.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,721.00in this market
Difference2.2×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 Richmond, VA.

median
Lowest $795.60Highest $1,721.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Bon Secours Southside Medical Center lowest Petersburg, VA · (804) 765-5000 HC C-Spine Min 4 Views source file $795.60 $2,652.00 — 70%
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital Richmond, VA · (804) 225-1701 HC C-Spine Min 4 Views source file $1,011.60 $1,686.00 — 40%
Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center Midlothian, VA · (804) 594-7400 HC C-Spine Min 4 Views source file $1,011.60 $1,686.00 — 40%
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center Mechanicsville, VA · (804) 764-6000 HC C-Spine Min 4 Views source file $1,011.60 $1,686.00 — 40%
Bon Secours St Marys Hospital of Richmond Richmond, VA · (804) 285-2011 HC C-Spine Min 4 Views source file $1,011.60 $1,686.00 — 40%
Parham Doctors Hospital Richmond, VA · (804) 289-4500 XR C-SPINE 4-5 V File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,721.00 $1,721.00 $326.99–$1,548.90 —
Tricities Hospital Hopewell, VA · (804) 541-1600 XR C-SPINE 4-5 V+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,721.00 $1,721.00 $158.30–$1,548.90 —
Henrico Doctors Hospital - Forest Mechanicsville, VA · (804) 289-4500 XR C-SPINE 4-5 V File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,721.00 $1,721.00 $326.99–$1,548.90 —
Retreat Doctors Hospital Richmond, VA · (804) 289-4500 XR C-SPINE 4-5 V File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,721.00 $1,721.00 $326.99–$1,548.90 —
Johnston-Willis Hospital Richmond, VA · (804) 483-0000 XR C-SPINE 4-5 V File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,721.00 $1,721.00 $326.99–$1,548.90 —
Chippenham Hospital Chesterfield, VA · (804) 483-0000 XR C-SPINE 4-5 V File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,721.00 $1,721.00 $326.99–$1,548.90 —
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.
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 $795.60, median $1,721.00, highest $1,721.00 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $816.60. 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 6 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.