Scans and imaging CPT 73070 Outpatient

Elbow X-ray (2 views) cost in Columbus, MS

In Columbus, MS, 2 hospitals list a cash price for elbow X-ray, 2 views: from $47.75 to $135.00, with a median of $91.38. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle — $43.63 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $106.00 at 51 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 27, 2026 and Feb 27, 2026.

Lowest$47.75Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle

Median$91.38half of hospitals charge less

Highest$135.00in this market

Difference2.8×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 Columbus, MS.

median

Lowest $47.75Highest $135.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle lowest Columbus, MS · (662) 244-1000 HC XR ELBOW 1 VIEW File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file	$47.75	$191.00	$72.58–$380.00	75%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Columbus, MS · (662) 244-1000 HC XR ELBOW 2 VWS File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file	$54.50	$218.00	$77.32–$380.00	75%
Noxubee General Hospital one side Macon, MS · (662) 726-4231 ELBOW AP & LAT LT+1 more line at this price source file	$135.00	$180.00	$135.00–$180.00	25%

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.

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.

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.

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

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking.

Outpatient: lowest $47.75, median $91.38, highest $135.00 — a 2.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $91.38. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 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 1 it is 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 two-view elbow X-ray takes a front and a side picture of the elbow joint. It is used after a fall or blow to the elbow to look for a fracture or dislocation.

What the price covers

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