Scans and imaging CPT 73080 Outpatient

Elbow X-ray cost in Huntsville, AL

In Huntsville, AL, 4 hospitals list a cash price for elbow X-ray, complete, 3 or more views: from $288.00 to $364.00, with a median of $337.40. The lowest listed price is at Athens Limestone Hospital — $49.40 less than the median here. Across Alabama, the median is $204.08 at 44 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 73080, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 1, 2026.

Lowest$288.00Athens Limestone Hospital
Median$337.40half of hospitals charge less
Highest$364.00in this market
Difference1.3×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 Huntsville, AL.

median
Lowest $288.00Highest $202,300.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Athens Limestone Hospital one side lowest Athens, AL · (256) 233-9292 X-RAY EXAM OF ELBOW+5 more lines at this price source file $288.00 $288.00 $43.75–$288.00 —
Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville, AL · (256) 429-4000 UE-ELBOW 3V DR File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file $310.80 $1,726.66 $21.61–$1,467.66 82%
Huntsville Hospital one side Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 XR-ELBOW, RT source file $364.00 $364.00 $43.75–$236.60 —
Huntsville Hospital one side Madison, AL XR-ELBOW, RT source file $364.00 $364.00 $43.75–$236.60 —
Huntsville Hospital one side Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 D-IMPLANT NOT CLASSIFIED R15 source file $8,675.00 $8,675.00 $112.14–$5,638.75 —
Huntsville Hospital one side Madison, AL D-IMPLANT NOT CLASSIFIED R15 source file $8,675.00 $8,675.00 $112.14–$5,638.75 —
Huntsville Hospital one side Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 D-INDWELLING PORT R25 source file $202,300.00 $202,300.00 $112.14–$131,495.00 —
Huntsville Hospital one side Madison, AL D-INDWELLING PORT R25 source file $202,300.00 $202,300.00 $112.14–$131,495.00 —
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
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.

Outpatient: lowest $288.00, median $337.40, highest $364.00 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $363.30. 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 1 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.