Scans and imaging CPT 73070 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Elbow X-ray (2 views) cost in El Paso, TX — inpatient

In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for elbow X-ray, 2 views as an inpatient: from $22.15 to $27.40, with a median of $22.15. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center El Paso and 1 other hospital. Across Texas, the median is $314.65 at 273 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 73070, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$22.15University Medical Center El Paso + 1 more

Median$22.15half of hospitals charge less

Highest$27.40in this market

Difference1.2×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 El Paso, TX.

median

Lowest $22.15Highest $67.39

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
University Medical Center El Paso lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ES ELBOW 2 VIEWS+3 more lines at this price source file	$22.15	$110.75	$21.04–$256.19	80%
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX UCC ESLK XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS+3 more lines at this price source file	$22.15	$110.75	$21.04–$256.19	80%
El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 ELBOW ONE VIEW SPECIFY+1 more line at this price source file	$27.40	$137.00	$25.16–$154.28	80%
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ED XR ELBOW 2VIEW+3 more lines at this price source file	$67.39	$336.94	$27.12–$256.19	80%
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ED XR ELBOW 2VIEW+3 more lines at this price source file	$67.39	$336.94	$27.12–$256.19	80%

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.

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. More

Inpatient: lowest $22.15, median $22.15, highest $27.40 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $27.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 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.

14 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 73070 ($213.60). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Hospital	Cash price	File
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH ELBOW 2 VIEWS	$16.89	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE ELBOW 2 VIEWS	$19.26	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE ELBOW ONE VIEW SPECIFY	$19.26	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS ELBOW ONE VIEW SPECIFY	$19.26	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES ELBOW ONE VIEW SPECIFY	$19.26	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN ELBOW 2 VIEWS	$19.26	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN ELBOW OVIEW SPECIFY	$19.26	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE ELBOW 2 VIEWS	$19.26	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE ELBOW ONE VIEW SPECIFY	$19.26	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS ELBOW ONE VIEW SPECIFY	$19.26	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXES ELBOW ONE VIEW SPECIFY	$19.26	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN ELBOW 2 VIEWS	$19.26	file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN ELBOW OVIEW SPECIFY	$19.26	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH ELBOW ONE VIEW SPECIFY	$20.61	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.