Scans and imaging CPT 73070 Outpatient

Elbow X-ray (2 views) cost in San Antonio, TX

In San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX, 16 hospitals list a cash price for elbow X-ray, 2 views: from $125.82 to $1,013.44, with a median of $678.34. The lowest listed price is at Medina Regional Hospital — $552.52 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $324.00 at 297 hospitals.

Cash prices at 16 facilities across 5 cities for code 73070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 14, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$125.82Medina Regional Hospital
Median$678.34half pay less
Highest$1,013.44in this market
Difference8.1×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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.

median
Lowest $125.82Highest $1,013.44
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Hospitals, cheapest first

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Medina Regional Hospital lowest Hondo, TX · (830) 426-7700 RAD EXAM ELBOW 1 VIEW $125.82 $139.80 $33.55–$260.90 10% Jul 29, 2026
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University Health System one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC X-RAY ELBOW 2 VW - XR ELBOW 1-2 VIEWS LEFT $131.75 $527.00 $29.40–$1,317.50 75% Oct 14, 2025
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University Health System one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC X-RAY ELBOW 2 VW - XR ELBOW 1-2 VIEWS RIGHT $131.75 $527.00 $29.40–$1,317.50 75% Oct 14, 2025
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Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills San Antonio, TX · (210) 703-8211 HC 73070 DX- ELBOW 2VW $150.15 $455.00 $25.73–$432.25 67% Jan 13, 2026
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Guadalupe Regional Medical Center Seguin, TX · (830) 379-2411 ELBOW, 2 VIEWS $161.50 $323.00 $26.43–$323.00 50% —
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Medina Regional Hospital Hondo, TX · (830) 426-7700 RAD EXAM ELBOW 2 VIEW $179.49 $199.43 $47.86–$260.90 10% Jul 29, 2026
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Medina Regional Hospital Hondo, TX · (830) 426-7700 RAD EXAM ELBOW P/R 2 VW $179.49 $199.43 $47.86–$260.90 10% Jul 29, 2026
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Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital of San Antonio one side San Antonio, TX RAD Elbow 2 Views Rt $246.00 $246.00 $14.28–$221.40 — Aug 6, 2026
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Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital of San Antonio one side San Antonio, TX RAD Elbow 2 Views Lt $246.00 $246.00 $14.28–$221.40 — Aug 6, 2026
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Methodist Texsan Hospital San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS $678.34 $678.34 $33.92–$576.59 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Specialty and Transplant San Antonio, TX · (210) 575-4000 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS $678.34 $678.34 $33.92–$678.34 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Helotes, TX · (210) 575-4000 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS $678.34 $678.34 $33.92–$678.34 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Landmark San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS $678.34 $678.34 $166.87–$576.59 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Atascosa Jourdanton, TX · (830) 769-3515 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS $678.34 $678.34 $33.92–$576.59 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Stone Oak San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS $678.34 $678.34 $33.92–$576.59 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Texsan Hospital Rehab San Antonio, TX XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS $678.34 $678.34 $33.92–$576.59 — Sep 1, 2026
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Metropolitan Methodist San Antonio, TX · (210) 575-4000 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS $678.34 $678.34 $33.92–$576.59 — Sep 1, 2026
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Stone Oak Rehab San Antonio, TX XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS $678.34 $678.34 $33.92–$576.59 — Sep 1, 2026
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Northeast Methodist San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS $678.34 $678.34 $33.92–$576.59 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Westover Hills one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS RT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $249.31–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Atascosa one side Jourdanton, TX · (830) 769-3515 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS RT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Atascosa one side Jourdanton, TX · (830) 769-3515 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS LT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Westover Hills one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS LT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $249.31–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital one side Helotes, TX · (210) 575-4000 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS LT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$1,013.44 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Stone Oak one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS RT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Stone Oak one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS LT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Specialty and Transplant one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 575-4000 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS RT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$1,013.44 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Texsan Hospital Rehab one side San Antonio, TX XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS RT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Texsan Hospital Rehab one side San Antonio, TX XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS LT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Specialty and Transplant one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 575-4000 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS LT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $496.59 — Sep 1, 2026
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Metropolitan Methodist one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 575-4000 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS LT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Metropolitan Methodist one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 575-4000 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS RT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital one side Helotes, TX · (210) 575-4000 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS RT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$1,013.44 — Sep 1, 2026
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Stone Oak Rehab one side San Antonio, TX XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS RT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Stone Oak Rehab one side San Antonio, TX XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS LT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Northeast Methodist one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS RT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Texsan Hospital one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS LT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Texsan Hospital one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS RT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Landmark one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS LT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $249.31–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Landmark one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS RT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $249.31–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Northeast Methodist one side San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 XR ELBOW 2 VIEWS LT $1,013.44 $1,013.44 $50.67–$861.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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University Health System both sides San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC X-RAY ELBOW 2 VW - XR ELBOW 1-2 VIEWS BILATERAL $154.25 $617.00 $29.40–$1,542.50 75% Oct 14, 2025
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Medina Regional Hospital both sides Hondo, TX · (830) 426-7700 RAD EXAM ELBOW 2 VW BILAT $359.61 $399.56 $95.89–$399.56 10% Jul 29, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $125.82, median $678.34, highest $1,013.44 — a 8.1× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $154.25, median $256.93, highest $359.61 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $203.75. 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 4 of 16 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.