Forearm X-ray cost in Boise City, ID
In Boise City, ID, 6 hospitals list a cash price for forearm X-ray (radius and ulna), 2 views: from $211.25 to $688.21, with a median of $340.11. The lowest listed price is at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise and 1 other hospital — $128.86 less than the median here. Across Idaho, the median is $291.61 at 24 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 4 cities for code 73090, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Boise City, ID.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise one side lowest Boise, ID · (208) 367-2121 HC Xr Forearm 2 Views Rt | $211.25 | $325.00 | $16.38–$498.60 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa one side lowest Nampa, ID · (208) 463-5000 HC Xr Forearm 2 Views Lt | $211.25 | $325.00 | $16.38–$498.60 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise one side lowest Boise, ID · (208) 367-2121 HC Xr Forearm 2 Views Lt | $211.25 | $325.00 | $16.38–$498.60 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa one side lowest Nampa, ID · (208) 463-5000 HC Xr Forearm 2 Views Rt | $211.25 | $325.00 | $16.38–$498.60 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise one side Boise, ID · (208) 367-2121 HC Xr Forearm 2 Views Rt | $234.65 | — | $16.38–$3,900.00 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Valor Health one side Emmett, ID · (208) 365-3561 X-ray of forearm, 2 views | $315.21 | $331.80 | $151.27–$995.40 | 5% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Valor Health one side Emmett, ID · (208) 365-3561 X-ray of forearm, 2 views | $315.21 | $331.80 | $151.27–$995.40 | 5% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa Nampa, ID · (208) 463-5000 HC Xr Forearm 2 Views Bl | $317.20 | $488.00 | $16.38–$498.60 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise Boise, ID · (208) 367-2121 HC Xr Forearm 2 Views Bl | $317.20 | $488.00 | $16.38–$498.60 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Luke's Nampa Medical Center Nampa, ID · (208) 505-2000 | $365.00 | $365.00 | — | — | — source file |
| St Luke's Regional Medical Center Boise, ID · (208) 381-2222 | $365.00 | $365.00 | — | — | — source file |
| St Luke's Regional Medical Center Boise, ID · (208) 381-2222 | $365.00 | $365.00 | — | — | — source file |
| St Luke's Nampa Medical Center Nampa, ID · (208) 505-2000 | $365.00 | $365.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa one side Nampa, ID · (208) 463-5000 HC Xr Forearm 2 Views Rt | $379.60 | — | $16.38–$498.60 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| West Valley Medical Center one side Caldwell, ID · (208) 459-4641 XR FOREARM 2 VIEWS LT | $688.21 | $688.21 | $219.54–$653.80 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| West Valley Medical Center one side Caldwell, ID · (208) 459-4641 XR FOREARM 2 VIEWS RT | $688.21 | $688.21 | $219.54–$653.80 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $211.25, median $340.11, highest $688.21 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $288.13. 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 3 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 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.