Scans and imaging CPT 73090 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Forearm X-ray cost in Myrtle Beach, SC — inpatient

In Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC, 4 hospitals list a cash price for forearm X-ray (radius and ulna), 2 views as an inpatient: from $29.87 to $378.43, with a median of $378.43. The lowest listed price is at Conway Medical Center — $348.56 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $367.25 at 38 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 73090, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$29.87Conway Medical Center

Median$378.43half of hospitals charge less

Highest$378.43in this market

Difference12.7×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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC.

median

Lowest $29.87Highest $378.43

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Conway Medical Center one side lowest Conway, SC · (843) 347-8037 XR Forearm 2 Views Left+1 more line at this price source file	$29.87	$29.87	$5.97–$21.51	—
McLeod Seacoast E Little River, SC · (843) 716-7000 HC X-RAY FOREARM 2 VW - XR FOREARM 2 VIEWS source file	$378.43	$533.00	$50.69–$426.40	29%
McLeod Loris Hospital Loris, SC · (843) 716-7000 HC X-RAY FOREARM 2 VW - XR FOREARM 2 VIEWS source file	$378.43	$533.00	$50.69–$426.40	29%
McLeod Health Carolina Forest Myrtle Beach, SC · (843) 716-7000 HC X-RAY FOREARM 2 VW - XR FOREARM 2 VIEWS source file	$378.43	$533.00	$50.69–$426.40	29%

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

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $29.87, median $378.43, highest $378.43 — a 12.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $378.43 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 73090 ($241.75). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Hospital	Cash price	File
Conway Medical Center Conway, SCReport	$16.58	file
Conway Medical Center Conway, SCReport	$16.58	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.