Scans and imaging CPT 73070 Outpatient

Elbow X-ray (2 views) cost in Grand Junction, CO

In Grand Junction, CO, 2 hospitals list a cash price for elbow X-ray, 2 views: from $249.90 to $275.52, with a median of $262.71. The lowest listed price is at Family Health West Hospital — $12.81 less than the median here. Across Colorado, the median is $301.22 at 45 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 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$249.90Family Health West Hospital
Median$262.71half pay less
Highest$275.52in this market
Difference1.1×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 Grand Junction, CO.

median
Lowest $249.90Highest $275.52

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Family Health West Hospital one side lowest Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC DI ELBOW 2 VIEW UNILATERAL $249.90 $357.00 — 30% —
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Community Hospital Grand Junction, CO · (970) 644-3011 X-RAY EXAM OF ELBOW $275.52 $492.00 $77.65–$100.48 44% —
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Outpatient: lowest $249.90, median $262.71, highest $275.52 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $249.90. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not 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 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.