Scans and imaging CPT 73100 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Wrist X-ray (2 views) cost in Eureka, CA — inpatient

In Eureka-Arcata, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for wrist X-ray, 2 views as an inpatient: from $165.51 to $710.43, with a median of $599.17. The lowest listed price is at Jerold Phelps Community Hospital — $433.66 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $389.25 at 185 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 73100, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 22, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$165.51Jerold Phelps Community Hospital
Median$599.17half of hospitals charge less
Highest$710.43in this market
Difference4.3×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 Eureka-Arcata, CA.

median
Lowest $165.51Highest $823.53
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Jerold Phelps Community Hospital one side lowest Garberville, CA · (707) 923-3921 HC X-RAY WRIST 2 VW - XR WRIST 1-2 VIEWS LEFT+1 more line at this price source file $165.51 $206.89 $165.51–$206.89 20%
Mad River Community Hospital one side Arcata, CA · (707) 822-3621 XR WRIST 2 VIEWS RT+1 more line at this price File of Jul 22, 2025 · source file $548.60 $548.60 — —
Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC XR WRIST 2 VIEWS+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $649.74 $1,274.00 — 49%
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC XR WRIST 1 VIEW+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $710.43 $1,393.00 — 49%
Jerold Phelps Community Hospital both sides Garberville, CA · (707) 923-3921 HC X-RAY WRIST 2 VW - XR WRIST 1-2 VIEWS BILATERAL source file $330.88 $413.60 $330.88–$413.60 20%
Mad River Community Hospital both sides Arcata, CA · (707) 822-3621 XR WRIST 2 VIEWS BILATERAL File of Jul 22, 2025 · source file $823.53 $823.53 — —
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.
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 $165.51, median $599.17, highest $710.43 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $330.88, median $577.21, highest $823.53 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $140.90 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 two-view wrist X-ray takes a front and a side picture of the wrist. It is a shorter study than the complete wrist X-ray and is often used to follow a known fracture.

What the price covers

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