Scans and imaging CPT 72050 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck X-ray (4-5 views) cost in Shreveport, LA — inpatient

In Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for neck (cervical spine) X-ray, 4 or 5 views as an inpatient: from $116.74 to $796.00, with a median of $125.72. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport — $8.98 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $203.56 at 56 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 72050, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$116.74Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
Median$125.72half pay less
Highest$796.00in this market
Difference6.8×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 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.

median
Lowest $116.74Highest $796.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC SPINE CERVICAL MIN 4 OR 5 VIEWS $116.74 $449.00 — 74% —
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC SPINE CERVICAL MIN 4 OR 5 VIEWS $125.72 $449.00 — 72% —
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Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Spine Cervical Series Min 4Vw $796.00 $995.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $116.74, median $125.72, highest $796.00 — a 6.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $125.72 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.