Scans and imaging CPT 73030 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Shoulder X-ray cost in Blue Ridge, GA — inpatient

In Blue Ridge, GA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for shoulder X-ray, complete, 2 or more views as an inpatient: from $178.15 to $178.15, with a median of $178.15. Across Georgia, the median is $314.00 at 38 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73030, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 17, 2026 and Apr 17, 2026.

Lowest$178.15Blue Ridge Medical Center
Median$178.15half pay less
Highest$178.15in 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 Blue Ridge, GA.

median
Lowest $178.15Highest $486.18
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Blue Ridge Medical Center lowest Blue Ridge, GA · (706) 632-3711 X-RAY EXAM OF SHOULDER $178.15 $296.92 $16.30–$4,589.86 40% Apr 17, 2026
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Blue Ridge Medical Center Blue Ridge, GA · (706) 632-3711 UE-SHLDR 2VW PLUS DR $472.02 $786.70 $16.30–$4,589.86 40% Apr 17, 2026
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Blue Ridge Medical Center Blue Ridge, GA · (706) 632-3711 UE-SHLDR 2VW PLUS CR $472.02 $786.70 $16.30–$4,589.86 40% Apr 17, 2026
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Blue Ridge Medical Center both sides Blue Ridge, GA · (706) 632-3711 UE-SHOULDER 2V BI DR $486.18 $810.30 $16.30–$4,589.86 40% Apr 17, 2026
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Blue Ridge Medical Center both sides Blue Ridge, GA · (706) 632-3711 UE-SHOULDER 2V BI CR $486.18 $810.30 $16.30–$4,589.86 40% Apr 17, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $178.15, median $178.15, highest $178.15.

Both sides : lowest $486.18, median $486.18, highest $486.18.

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 1 facility here, median $178.15 — 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

A complete shoulder X-ray takes at least two pictures of the shoulder from different angles to show the bones of the joint. It is ordered for shoulder pain, injury, suspected dislocation or arthritis, and is often done before any shoulder MRI.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray of one shoulder. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.