Scans and imaging CPT 73564 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Knee X-ray (4+ views) cost in Mount Airy, NC — inpatient

In Mount Airy, NC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for knee X-ray, complete, 4 or more views as an inpatient: from $103.36 to $248.00, with a median of $175.68. The lowest listed price is at Northern Regional Hospital — $72.32 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $334.25 at 65 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73564, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 16, 2026 and Jul 16, 2026.

Lowest$103.36Northern Regional Hospital
Median$175.68half pay less
Highest$248.00in this market
Difference2.4×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 Mount Airy, NC.

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Lowest $103.36Highest $265.20
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Northern Regional Hospital lowest Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 X-Ray Knee Complte 4+-Off-Tech $103.36 $152.00 $39.27–$123.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 X-Ray Knee Complete 4+V-Office $116.96 $172.00 $39.27–$123.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital one side Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Knee W/ Obl & Patella - Left $132.60 $195.00 $39.27–$123.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital one side Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Knee W/ Obl & Patella - Right $132.60 $195.00 $39.27–$123.00 32% —
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Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Elkin, NC · (336) 527-7000 HC DX KNEE 4+ VIEW $248.00 $496.00 $219.73–$456.32 50% Jul 16, 2026
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Northern Regional Hospital both sides Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 X-Ray Knee 4+v-Bilat-Tech-NO $155.04 $228.00 $39.27–$123.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital both sides Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 X-Ray Knee 4+v-Bilat-Tec-NFM $155.04 $228.00 $39.27–$123.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital both sides Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 X-Ray Knee 4+v-Bilat-Office $175.44 $258.00 $39.27–$123.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital both sides Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Knee W/ Obl & Patella, Bilat $265.20 $390.00 $39.27–$123.00 32% —
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Inpatient: lowest $103.36, median $175.68, highest $248.00 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $155.04, median $155.04, highest $155.04.

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 2 facilities here, median $175.68 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 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 complete knee X-ray takes four or more pictures of the knee, often including a view of the kneecap. It is used for knee pain, arthritis evaluation before joint replacement, and after injuries.

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 73564 ($318.60). 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.

Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy, NCX-Ray Knee Complt 4+-Off-Prof $13.60 file
Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy, NCX-Ray Knee 4+v-Bilat-Pro-NO $20.40 file