Scans and imaging CPT 73120 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Hand X-ray (2 views) cost in El Centro, CA — inpatient

In El Centro, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for hand X-ray, 2 views (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $106.75 to $106.75, with a median of $106.75. Across California, the median is $407.00 at 186 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73120, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$106.75Pioneers Memorial Hospital
Median$106.75half pay less
Highest$106.75in 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 El Centro, CA.

median
Lowest $106.75Highest $106.75
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Pioneers Memorial Hospital one side lowest Brawley, CA · (760) 351-3333 XR Hand 2 Views Left $106.75 $305.00 $17.12–$165.56 65% —
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Pioneers Memorial Hospital one side lowest Brawley, CA · (760) 351-3333 XR Hand 2 Views Right $106.75 $305.00 $17.12–$165.56 65% —
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Pioneers Memorial Hospital both sides Brawley, CA · (760) 351-3333 XR Hand 2 Views Bilateral $106.75 $305.00 $17.12–$165.56 65% —
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One side of the body : lowest $106.75, median $106.75, highest $106.75.

Both sides : lowest $106.75, median $106.75, highest $106.75.

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 1 facility here, median $106.75 — 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 hand X-ray takes a front and a side picture of the hand. It is used to follow a healing fracture or to check for a foreign object or arthritis.

What the price covers

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