Scans and imaging CPT 72220 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Tailbone X-ray cost in Sac City, IA — inpatient

In Sac City, IA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for X-ray of the tailbone (sacrum and coccyx), 2 or more views as an inpatient: from $134.40 to $134.40, with a median of $134.40. Across Iowa, the median is $218.23 at 82 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72220, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$134.40Loring Hospital

Median$134.40half of hospitals charge less

Highest$134.40in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Loring Hospital Sac City, IA · (712) 662-7105 HC SACRUM COCCYX MIN 2 VIEWS source file	$134.40	$168.00	$100.00–$168.00	20%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $134.40, median $134.40, highest $134.40.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $134.40 — 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. 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.