Elbow X-ray cost in Appleton, WI
In Appleton, WI, 4 hospitals list a cash price for elbow X-ray, complete, 3 or more views: from $82.08 to $179.55, with a median of $144.09. The lowest listed price is at Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth Campus — $62.01 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $232.75 at 101 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 73080, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Appleton, WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth Campus lowest Appleton, WI · (920) 738-2000 HC X-RAY EXAM OF ELBOW 3/> VIEWS | $82.08 | $144.00 | $8.96–$73.56 | 43% | — source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Appleton, WI · (920) 731-4101 ELBOW X-RAY MIN 3 VIEWS | $144.09 | $257.30 | $8.66–$239.29 | 44% | — source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-OSP Appleton, WI ELBOW X-RAY MIN 3 VIEWS | $144.09 | $257.30 | $8.66–$239.29 | 44% | — source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-OSP Appleton, WI HC Elbow X-Ray Min 3 Views | $170.07 | $303.70 | $39.48–$394.88 | 44% | — source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Appleton, WI · (920) 731-4101 HC Elbow X-Ray Min 3 Views | $170.07 | $303.70 | $39.48–$394.88 | 44% | — source file |
| Ascension Calumet Hospital Chilton, WI · (920) 849-2386 HC X-RAY EXAM OF ELBOW 3/> VIEWS | $179.55 | $315.00 | $8.96–$73.56 | 43% | — source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Appleton, WI · (920) 731-4101 HC ELBOW X-RAY MIN 3 VIEWS | $221.09 | $394.80 | $39.48–$394.88 | 44% | — source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-OSP Appleton, WI HC ELBOW X-RAY MIN 3 VIEWS | $221.09 | $394.80 | $39.48–$394.88 | 44% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $82.08, median $144.09, highest $179.55 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 4 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 complete elbow X-ray takes three or more pictures of the elbow from different angles. It is the usual study after an elbow injury in children and adults, because some fractures show only on angled views.
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 73080 ($262.87). 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.
| Ascension Calumet Hospital Chilton, WIHC PRO-S XRAY EXAM OF ELBOW 3 VWS | $23.94 | file |