Tailbone X-ray cost in Grand Rapids, MI
In Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, 4 hospitals list a cash price for X-ray of the tailbone (sacrum and coccyx), 2 or more views: from $154.00 to $205.00, with a median of $179.50. The lowest listed price is at Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital and 1 other hospital — $25.50 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $158.60 at 62 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 72220, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital lowest Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 Hc Xray Sacrum/Coccyx Min 2 Views | $154.00 | $154.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital lowest Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 Hc Xray Sacrum/Coccyx Min 2 Views | $154.00 | $154.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital lowest East Grand Rapids, MI Hc Xray Sacrum/Coccyx Min 2 Views | $154.00 | $154.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital Zeeland, MI · (616) 772-4644 Hc Xray Sacrum/Coccyx Min 2 Views | $205.00 | $205.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Greenville Hospital Greenville, MI · (616) 754-4691 Hc Xray Sacrum/Coccyx Min 2 Views | $205.00 | $205.00 | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $154.00, median $179.50, highest $205.00 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $205.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
This X-ray shows the sacrum and tailbone. It is used after a fall onto the tailbone or for lasting tailbone pain.
What the price covers
The price usually covers taking the images. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72220 ($231.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Grand Rapids, MICHG RADEX SACRUM & COCCYX MINIMUM 2 VIEWS | $20.38 | file |