Scans and imaging CPT 72170 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvis X-ray cost in Riverside, CA — inpatient

In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 9 hospitals list a cash price for X-ray of the pelvis, 1 or 2 views as an inpatient: from $282.60 to $907.76, with a median of $364.00. The lowest listed price is at Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta — $81.40 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $364.00 at 99 hospitals.

Cash prices at 10 facilities across 8 cities for code 72170, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 2, 2026.

Lowest$282.60Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta
Median$364.00half pay less
Highest$907.76in this market
Difference3.2×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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.

median
Lowest $207.75Highest $907.76
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Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta lowest Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC PELVIS 1 OR 2 VIEWS $282.60 $628.00 $113.67–$471.00 55% Sep 2, 2026
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Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC PELVIS 1 OR 2 VIEWS $290.70 $646.00 $129.20–$549.10 55% Sep 2, 2026
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St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC XR PELVIS 1-2 VIEWS NO HIP VIEWS $304.80 $635.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION PELVIS 1/2 VIEWS $364.00 $700.00 $96.00–$285.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION PELVIS 1/2 VIEWS $364.00 $700.00 $96.00–$285.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION PELVIS 1/2 VIEWS $364.00 $700.00 $96.00–$285.00 48% —
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Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC PELVIS 1 OR 2 VIEWS $413.55 $919.00 $183.80–$827.10 55% Sep 2, 2026
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Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center Redlands, CA HC PELVIS 1 OR 2 VIEWS $413.55 $919.00 $505.45–$735.20 55% Aug 31, 2026
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Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Pelvis 1 or 2 Views $907.76 $907.76 $16.00–$907.76 — —
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Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Pelvis 1 or 2 Views $907.76 $907.76 $16.00–$907.76 — —
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Palo Verde Hospital both sides Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 XR Lower Extremity Infant (0-1yr) Bilat $207.75 $277.00 — 25% Jul 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $282.60, median $364.00, highest $907.76 — a 3.2× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $207.75, median $207.75, highest $207.75.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $304.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 4 of 8 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 pelvis X-ray shows the hip bones and pelvis. It is used after falls, for hip pain and to check hip joints.

What the price covers

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