Scans and imaging CPT 73070 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Elbow X-ray (2 views) cost in Lima, OH — inpatient

In Lima, OH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for elbow X-ray, 2 views as an inpatient: from $101.70 to $357.00, with a median of $303.60. The lowest listed price is at Lima Memorial Health System — $201.90 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $264.31 at 130 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$101.70Lima Memorial Health System

Median$303.60half of hospitals charge less

Highest$357.00in this market

Difference3.5×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 Lima, OH.

median

Lowest $101.70Highest $639.00

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 X-Ray Exam Of Elbow File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$101.70	$113.00	—	10%
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center Lima, OH · (419) 227-3361 HC Elbow 2 Views source file	$303.60	$506.00	—	40%
Bluffton Hospital one side Bluffton, OH · (419) 358-9010 XR Elbow 2 Views Left+1 more line at this price source file	$357.00	$357.00	$39.40–$481.13	—
Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Elbow 2 Views File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$639.00	$710.00	—	10%
Bluffton Hospital both sides Bluffton, OH · (419) 358-9010 XR Elbow 2 Views Bilateral source file	$535.00	$535.00	$39.40–$481.13	—

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.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $101.70, median $303.60, highest $357.00 — a 3.5× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $535.00, median $535.00, highest $535.00.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $303.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is 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.