Scans and imaging CPT 73070 Outpatient

Elbow X-ray (2 views) cost in Lafayette, LA

In Lafayette, LA, 7 hospitals list a cash price for elbow X-ray, 2 views: from $44.94 to $194.81, with a median of $64.20. The lowest listed price is at Lafayette General Medical Center — $19.26 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $113.60 at 55 hospitals.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 6 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 Jun 9, 2026 and Jun 9, 2026.

Lowest$44.94Lafayette General Medical Center
Median$64.20half of hospitals charge less
Highest$194.81in this market
Difference4.3×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 Lafayette, LA.

median
Lowest $44.94Highest $194.81

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Lafayette General Medical Center lowest Lafayette, LA · (337) 289-7991 HC ELBOW AP / LAT source file $44.94 $214.00 $26.13–$128.40 79%
Acadia General Hospital Crowley, LA · (337) 783-3222 HC ELBOW AP / LAT source file $49.22 $214.00 $27.93–$167.78 77%
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LA · (337) 261-6000 HC ELBOW AP / LAT source file $55.64 $214.00 $42.71–$203.40 74%
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC ELBOW AP / LAT source file $64.20 $214.00 $40.96–$194.74 70%
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC ELBOW AP / LAT source file $96.30 $214.00 $40.96–$166.39 55%
Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 X-RAY EXAM OF ELBOW File of Jun 9, 2026 · source file $130.95 $436.50 $26.29–$1,392.48 70%
Acadian Medical Center one side Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 XR ELBOWS 2 VIEWS RT+1 more line at this price File of Jun 9, 2026 · source file $130.95 $436.50 $26.29–$1,392.48 70%
Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 XR ELBOW 2VW BIL File of Jun 9, 2026 · source file $155.84 $519.48 $26.29–$1,392.48 70%
Acadia St Landry one side Church Point, LA · (337) 684-5435 ELBOW 2 VIEWS RIGHT,RIGHT SIDE+1 more line at this price source file $194.81 $259.74 — 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. 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

Outpatient: lowest $44.94, median $64.20, highest $194.81 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $64.20. 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 6 of 6 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.