Scans and imaging CPT 72220 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Tailbone X-ray cost in Huntsville, AL — inpatient

In Huntsville, AL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for X-ray of the tailbone (sacrum and coccyx), 2 or more views as an inpatient: from $353.00 to $382.89, with a median of $367.95. The lowest listed price is at Huntsville Hospital — $14.95 less than the median here. Across Alabama, the median is $340.60 at 12 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 72220, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 1, 2026.

Lowest$353.00Huntsville Hospital
Median$367.95half pay less
Highest$382.89in this market
Difference1.1×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 Huntsville, AL.

median
Lowest $353.00Highest $382.89

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Huntsville Hospital lowest Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 MRC SYNCH AUDIO-VIDEO NEW MOD $353.00 $353.00 $112.14–$229.45 — —
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Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville, AL · (256) 429-4000 SP-SCRM COCCYX 2V DR $382.89 $1,823.27 $382.89–$1,549.78 79% Jan 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $353.00, median $367.95, highest $382.89 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $340.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 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 none is it 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

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.