Scans and imaging CPT 73070 Outpatient

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

In Many, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for elbow X-ray, 2 views: from $45.30 to $45.30, with a median of $45.30. Across Louisiana, the median is $113.60 at 55 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 19, 2026 and Jun 19, 2026.

Lowest$45.30Sabine Medical Center
Median$45.30half of hospitals charge less
Highest$45.30in this market
Difference1.0×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 Many, LA.

median
Lowest $45.30Highest $78.30
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Sabine Medical Center one side lowest Many, LA · (318) 256-1232 ELBOWS 2 VIEWS LT+1 more line at this price File of Jun 19, 2026 · source file $45.30 $151.00 $21.12–$591.00 70%
Sabine Medical Center Many, LA · (318) 256-1232 X-RAY EXAM OF ELBOW File of Jun 19, 2026 · source file $45.30 $151.00 $21.12–$591.00 70%
Sabine Medical Center both sides Many, LA · (318) 256-1232 XR ELBOW 2V2 BILATERAL File of Jun 19, 2026 · source file $78.30 $261.00 $21.12–$591.00 70%
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 $45.30, median $45.30, highest $45.30.

Both sides : lowest $78.30, median $78.30, highest $78.30.

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 1 facility here, median $45.30. 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 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 73070 ($214.38). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Sabine Medical Center Many, LAX-RAY ELBOW 2V $8.40 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.