Scans and imaging CPT 73080 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Elbow X-ray cost in Sierra Vista, AZ — inpatient

In Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ, 2 hospitals list a cash price for elbow X-ray, complete, 3 or more views (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $79.68 to $444.00, with a median of $261.84. The lowest listed price is at Benson Hospital — $182.16 less than the median here. Across Arizona, the median is $150.96 at 52 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73080, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 4, 2026 and May 13, 2026.

Lowest$79.68Benson Hospital

Median$261.84half of hospitals charge less

Highest$444.00in this market

Difference5.6×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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ.

median

Lowest $79.68Highest $444.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Benson Hospital one side lowest Benson, AZ · (520) 586-2261 FAC XR ELBOW LEFT COMPLETE 3+ VIEWS+1 more line at this price File of May 13, 2026 · source file	$79.68	$166.00	$99.60–$149.40	52%
Copper Queen Community Hospital one side Bisbee, AZ · (520) 432-6401 XR Elbow Complete Left+1 more line at this price File of Feb 4, 2026 · source file	$444.00	$555.00	$144.30–$499.50	20%

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

One side of the body : lowest $79.68, median $261.84, highest $444.00 — a 5.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $261.84 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.