Scans and imaging CPT 72070 Outpatient

Mid back X-ray cost in Pensacola, FL

In Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for X-ray of the mid back (thoracic spine), 2 views: from $30.80 to $469.31, with a median of $250.06. The lowest listed price is at Sacred Heart Hospital — $219.26 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $483.60 at 81 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 72070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$30.80Sacred Heart Hospital
Median$250.06half pay less
Highest$469.31in this market
Difference15.2×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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL.

median
Lowest $30.80Highest $469.31

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sacred Heart Hospital lowest Pensacola, FL · (850) 416-7000 ORTHO XR T-SPINE 2V $30.80 $77.00 $66.70 60% —
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Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola, FL · (850) 416-7000 XRAY SPINE THORACIC 2 VIEWS $31.20 $78.00 $66.70 60% —
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Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola, FL · (850) 416-7000 XRAY THORACIC SPINE 2 VIEWS $270.80 $677.00 $66.70–$235.69 60% —
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HMA Santa Rosa Medical Center Milton, FL · (850) 626-7762 XR Spine Thoracic 2 V DR $469.31 $3,128.76 $21.57–$2,503.01 85% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $30.80, median $250.06, highest $469.31 — a 15.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,095.07. 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 2 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 1 it is 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

A thoracic spine X-ray shows the bones of the mid back. It is used after injuries and to look for compression fractures, which are common with osteoporosis.

What the price covers

The price usually covers taking the images. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.