Scans and imaging CPT 73090 Outpatient

Forearm X-ray cost in Kalispell, MT

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for forearm X-ray (radius and ulna), 2 views: from $28.60 to $225.55, with a median of $127.08. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $98.48 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $179.24 at 20 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$28.60Logan Health Medical Center
Median$127.08half of hospitals charge less
Highest$225.55in this market
Difference7.9×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 Kalispell, MT.

median
Lowest $28.60Highest $304.85
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 X-RAY EXAM OF FOREARM 2 VIEWS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $28.60 $44.00 — 35%
Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 FOREARM, 2 VIEWS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $177.78 $273.50 — 35%
Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 FOREARM, 2 VIEWS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $225.55 $347.00 — 35%
Logan Health - Whitefish both sides Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 FOREARM, 2VIEW -BILATERAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $304.85 $469.00 — 35%
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

Outpatient: lowest $28.60, median $127.08, highest $225.55 — a 7.9× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $304.85, median $304.85, highest $304.85.

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 2 facilities here, median $127.08. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.