Scans and imaging CPT 73090 Outpatient

Forearm X-ray cost in Bismarck, ND

In Bismarck, ND, 2 hospitals list a cash price for forearm X-ray (radius and ulna), 2 views: from $158.61 to $160.80, with a median of $159.71. The lowest listed price is at CHI St Alexius Health — $1.10 less than the median here. Across North Dakota, the median is $150.00 at 27 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 73090, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Mar 4, 2026.

Lowest$158.61CHI St Alexius Health
Median$159.71half of hospitals charge less
Highest$160.80in 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 Bismarck, ND.

median
Lowest $158.61Highest $160.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
CHI St Alexius Health lowest Bismarck, ND · (701) 530-7000 HC FOREARM File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $158.61 $311.00 $88.05–$279.90 49%
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck, ND · (701) 323-6000 RAD EXAM FOREARM 2 VWS File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $160.80 $201.00 $29.29–$180.90 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.

Outpatient: lowest $158.61, median $159.71, highest $160.80.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $159.71. 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 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 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 forearm X-ray takes two pictures of the radius and ulna, the two bones between the elbow and the wrist. It is common after a fall on an outstretched arm, especially in children.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.