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Scans and imaging CPT 73590 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lower leg X-ray cost in El Paso, TX — inpatient

In El Paso, TX, 4 hospitals list a cash price for lower leg X-ray (tibia and fibula), 2 views as an inpatient: from $29.60 to $236.40, with a median of $52.47. The lowest listed price is at El Paso Children's Hospital — $22.87 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $345.75 at 302 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 73590, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 6, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026.

Lowest$29.60El Paso Children's Hospital
Median$52.47half of hospitals charge less
Highest$236.40in this market
Difference8.0×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 Paso, TX.

median
Lowest $29.60Highest $452.82

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 LOWER LEG AP/LAT (ROUTINE)+1 more line at this price source file $29.60 $148.00 $27.15–$154.28 80%
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX NE LOWER LEG ONE VIEW SPECIMEN+1 more line at this price source file $52.47 $262.36 $29.26–$256.19 80%
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 NE LOWER LEG ONE VIEW SPECIMEN+1 more line at this price source file $52.47 $262.36 $29.26–$256.19 80%
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ED XR TIB/FIB 1V+2 more lines at this price source file $71.73 $358.63 $29.26–$256.19 80%
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ED XR TIB/FIB 1V+2 more lines at this price source file $71.73 $358.63 $29.26–$256.19 80%
University Medical Center El Paso one side El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ES XR LOWER LEG AP/LAT (ROUTINE) RIGHT+1 more line at this price source file $85.55 $427.75 $29.26–$256.19 80%
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital one side Dieter El Paso, TX ES XR LOWER LEG AP/LAT (ROUTINE) RIGHT+1 more line at this price source file $85.55 $427.75 $29.26–$256.19 80%
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX XR RSI TIBIA FIBULA source file $89.97 $449.87 $29.26–$256.19 80%
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 XR RSI TIBIA FIBULA source file $89.97 $449.87 $29.26–$256.19 80%
PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of El Paso one side El Paso, TX RAD Tibia/Fibula Lt File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $236.40 $236.40 $165.48–$200.94 —
PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of El Paso one side El Paso, TX RAD Tibia/Fibula Rt File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $452.82 $452.82 $316.97–$384.90 —
PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of El Paso El Paso, TX RAD Tib Fib Ap&lat+1 more line at this price File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $452.82 $452.82 $316.97–$384.90 —
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 $29.60, median $52.47, highest $236.40 — a 8.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $231.70 — 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 lower leg X-ray takes two pictures of the shinbone (tibia) and the thinner bone beside it (fibula). It is ordered after a fall, twist or direct blow to check for a fracture, and to follow a known fracture as it heals.

What the price covers

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

24 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 73590 ($247.20). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR LEG TIBIA/FIBULA 2VWS RTN $19.26 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR LOWER LEG AP/LAT (ROUTINE) RIGHT $19.26 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR LOWER LEG AP/LAT (ROUTINE) LEFT $19.26 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR LEG TIBIA/FIBULA 2VWS RTN $19.26 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR LOWER LEG ONE VIEW SPECIMEN $19.26 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN LEG TIBIA/FIBULA 2VWS RTN $19.26 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES LOWER LEG ONE VIEW SPECIMEN $19.26 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS LOWER LEG ONE VIEW SPECIMEN $19.26 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXES LEG TIBIA/FIBULA 2VWS RTN $19.26 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXES LOWER LEG ONE VIEW SPECIMEN $19.26 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN LEG TIBIA/FIBULA 2VWS RTN $19.26 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES LEG TIBIA/FIBULA 2VWS RTN $19.26 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS LOWER LEG ONE VIEW SPECIMEN $19.26 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR LOWER LEG ONE VIEW SPECIMEN $19.26 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR LOWER LEG AP/LAT (ROUTINE) RIGHT $19.26 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXUCC ESLK XR LOWER LEG AP/LAT (ROUTINE) LEFT $19.26 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH LOWER LEG ONE VIEW SPECIMEN $20.61 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXXR TIB/FIB 2V BI $21.64 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXXR TIB/FIB 2V BI $21.64 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS LEG TIBIA/FIBULA 2VWS RTN $22.15 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE LEG TIBIA/FIBULA 2VWS RTN $22.15 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS LEG TIBIA/FIBULA 2VWS RTN $22.15 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE LEG TIBIA/FIBULA 2VWS RTN $22.15 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH LEG TIBIA/FIBULA 2VWS RTN $23.70 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.