Scans and imaging CPT 73070 Outpatient

Elbow X-ray (2 views) cost in Eau Claire, WI

In Eau Claire, WI, 3 hospitals list a cash price for elbow X-ray, 2 views: from $172.25 to $295.57, with a median of $208.05. The lowest listed price is at Aspirus Stanley Hospital — $35.80 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $189.00 at 102 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 20, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$172.25Aspirus Stanley Hospital

Median$208.05half of hospitals charge less

Highest$295.57in this market

Difference1.7×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 Eau Claire, WI.

median

Lowest $172.25Highest $295.57

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Aspirus Stanley Hospital lowest Stanley, WI · (715) 644-5571 Elbow 2 Views File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$172.25	$265.00	—	35%
Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI · (715) 858-8100 XR ELBOW 2 VWS-TECH+1 more line at this price File of Feb 20, 2026 · source file	$208.05	$219.00	$109.50–$1,094.55	5%
OakLeaf Surgical Hospital Altoona, WI · (715) 895-9435 X-RAY EXAM OF ELBOW source file	$295.57	$328.41	$86.20–$876.20	10%

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.

Outpatient: lowest $172.25, median $208.05, highest $295.57 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $190.15. 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 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

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.