Scans and imaging CPT 73080 Outpatient

Elbow X-ray cost in Lima, OH

In Lima, OH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for elbow X-ray, complete, 3 or more views: from $101.70 to $464.40, with a median of $461.00. The lowest listed price is at Lima Memorial Health System — $359.30 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $318.60 at 130 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$101.70Lima Memorial Health System
Median$461.00half pay less
Highest$464.40in this market
Difference4.6×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.

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Lowest $101.70Highest $691.00
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Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 X-Ray Exam Of Elbow $101.70 $113.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Elbow Complete Min 3 Views $212.40 $236.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Bluffton Hospital one side Bluffton, OH · (419) 358-9010 XR Elbow 4 Views Right $461.00 $461.00 $32.18–$441.60 — —
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Bluffton Hospital one side Bluffton, OH · (419) 358-9010 XR Elbow 3 Views Left $461.00 $461.00 $32.18–$441.60 — —
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Bluffton Hospital one side Bluffton, OH · (419) 358-9010 XR Elbow 3 Views Right $461.00 $461.00 $32.18–$441.60 — —
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Bluffton Hospital one side Bluffton, OH · (419) 358-9010 XR Elbow 4 Views Left $461.00 $461.00 $32.18–$441.60 — —
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Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center Lima, OH · (419) 227-3361 HC Elbow Min 3 Views $464.40 $774.00 — 40% —
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Bluffton Hospital both sides Bluffton, OH · (419) 358-9010 XR Elbow 3 Views Bilateral $691.00 $691.00 $32.18–$441.60 — —
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Bluffton Hospital both sides Bluffton, OH · (419) 358-9010 XR Elbow 4 Views Bilateral $691.00 $691.00 $32.18–$441.60 — —
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Outpatient: lowest $101.70, median $461.00, highest $464.40 — a 4.6× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $691.00, median $691.00, highest $691.00.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $461.00. 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 not 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 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.