Scans and imaging CPT 74019 Outpatient

Abdominal X-ray (2 views) cost in La Crosse, WI

In La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for abdominal X-ray, 2 views: from $247.22 to $615.00, with a median of $431.11. The lowest listed price is at Gundersen St Josephs Hospital and Clinics — $183.89 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $235.84 at 100 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 74019, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 27, 2026 and Jun 27, 2026.

Lowest$247.22Gundersen St Josephs Hospital and Clinics
Median$431.11half pay less
Highest$615.00in this market
Difference2.5×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 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN.

median
Lowest $247.22Highest $615.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Gundersen St Josephs Hospital and Clinics lowest Hillsboro, WI · (608) 489-8000 HCHG 74019 RADIOLOGIC EXAM, ABDOMEN; 2 VIEWS $247.22 $470.00 $24.82–$508.82 47% Jun 27, 2026
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Vernon Memorial Healthcare Viroqua, WI · (608) 637-2101 HCHG 74019 RADIOLOGIC EXAM, ABDOMEN; 2 VIEWS $615.00 $615.00 $64.34–$525.36 — —
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Outpatient: lowest $247.22, median $431.11, highest $615.00 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $431.11. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 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 two-view abdominal X-ray takes pictures of the belly lying down and standing or on the side. It is used to look for a bowel blockage, trapped air, constipation or a swallowed object.

What the price covers

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