Scans and imaging CPT 72170 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvis X-ray cost in San Antonio, TX — inpatient

In San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX, 1 hospital lists a cash price for X-ray of the pelvis, 1 or 2 views as an inpatient: from $192.25 to $192.25, with a median of $192.25. Across Texas, the median is $319.22 at 100 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72170, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 14, 2025 and Oct 14, 2025.

Lowest$192.25University Health System
Median$192.25half pay less
Highest$192.25in 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.

median
Lowest $192.25Highest $222.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
University Health System lowest San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC X-RAY PELVIS 1/2 VW - XR PELVIS 1-2 VIEWS $192.25 $769.00 $284.53–$653.65 75% Oct 14, 2025
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University Health System both sides San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC X-RAY PELVIS 1/2 VW - XR PELVIS BILATERAL 1-2 V $222.00 $888.00 $328.56–$754.80 75% Oct 14, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $192.25, median $192.25, highest $192.25.

Both sides : lowest $222.00, median $222.00, highest $222.00.

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 2 facilities here, median $201.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.