Lower back X-ray cost in New York
In New York, 63 hospitals publish a cash price for X-ray of the lower back (lumbar spine), 2 or 3 views: from $30.00 to $890.00, with a median of $230.76. The lowest price is at Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn). The highest price is 29.7× the lowest.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 72100. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 24, 2026.
Lowest$30.00Maimonides Medical Center
Median$230.76half pay less
Highest$890.00in New York
Lowest saves$200.76vs the median
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maimonides Medical Center lowest Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY SPINE,LUMBOSCARAL 2/3 VIEWS | $30.00 | $30.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY CHG RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2/3 VIEWS | $32.00 | $32.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY CHG RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2/3 VIEWS | $42.50 | $85.00 | — source file |
| St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2/3 VIEWS | $46.64 | $171.01 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Radex Spine Lumbosacral 2/3 Views|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $60.00 | $60.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Radex Spine Lumbosacral 2/3 Views|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $60.00 | $60.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC RADEX SPI LUMBOSAC 2/3 VIEWS | $64.35 | $338.71 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC RADEX SPI LUMBOSAC 2/3 VIEWS | $64.35 | $338.71 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC X-Ray Lumbar Spine 2/3 Vw - Xr Lumbar Spine 2-3 Views | $69.51 | $347.55 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY X-RAY EXAM L-S SPINE 2/3 VWS | $72.38 | — | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Schuyler Hospital Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC X-Ray Lumbar Spine 2/3 Vw - Xr Lumbar Spine 2-3 Views | $73.50 | $367.50 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC RADEX SPI LUMBOSAC 2/3 VIEWS | $92.57 | $487.20 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC RADEX SPI LUMBOSAC 2/3 VIEWS | $92.57 | $487.20 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY PR Xr Lumbosacral Spine 2-3 Views | $102.00 | $102.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville · Rochester, NY CHG RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2/3 VIEWS | $102.56 | $172.00 | — source file |
| Bellevue Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2/3 VIEWS | $106.81 | $116.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2/3 VIEWS | $106.81 | $119.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2/3 VIEWS | $106.81 | $117.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira · Elmira, NY HC X-Ray Lumbar Spine 2/3 Vw - Xr Lumbar Spine 2-3 Views | $107.26 | $536.32 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath · Corning, NY HC X-Ray Lumbar Spine 2/3 Vw - Xr Lumbar Spine 2-3 Views | $107.26 | $536.32 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus Elmira · Elmira, NY HC X-Ray Lumbar Spine 2/3 Vw - Xr Lumbar Spine 2-3 Views | $107.26 | $536.32 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY EXAM L-S SPINE 2/3 VWS | $108.50 | $155.00 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY X-ray exam l-s spine 2/3 vws | $124.09 | — | — source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION, SPINE, LUMBOSACRAL; 2 OR 3 VIEWS | $125.84 | $441.85 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION, SPINE, LUMBOSACRAL; 2 OR 3 VIEWS | $125.84 | $328.38 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION, SPINE, LUMBOSACRAL; 2 OR 3 VIEWS | $125.84 | $328.38 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2-3 VIEWS | $158.40 | $264.00 | — source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua · Rochester, NY HB Radex Spine Lumbosacral 2/3 Views | $173.00 | — | — source file |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse · Syracuse, NY 72100 RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2/3 VIEWS_01 | $186.00 | $186.00 | — source file |
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville · Wellsville, NY HB Radex Spine Lumbosacral 2/3 Views | $202.00 | — | — source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell · Corning, NY HB Radex Spine Lumbosacral 2/3 Views | $202.00 | — | — source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Lumbo Sacral 2 Or 3 Views | $230.76 | $230.76 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2_3 VIEWS | $273.20 | $420.30 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs · Rochester, NY HC RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2_3 VIEWS | $275.16 | $423.33 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark · Rochester, NY HC RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2_3 VIEWS | $275.16 | $423.33 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HC RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2_3 VIEWS | $275.16 | $423.33 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center Batavia · Batavia, NY HC RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2_3 VIEWS | $275.16 | $423.33 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Helen Hayes Hospital West Haverstraw · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ LS SPINE AP & LAT (2 OR 3 VIEW | $279.00 | $279.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Pbb X-Ray Lumbar Spine 2/3 Vw | $291.00 | $291.00 | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Pbb X-Ray Lumbar Spine 2/3 Vw | $291.00 | $291.00 | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Pbb X-Ray Lumbar Spine 2/3 Vw | $291.00 | $291.00 | — source file |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY EXAM L-S SPINE 2/3 VWS | $304.00 | $304.00 | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY EXAM L-S SPINE 2/3 VWS | $304.00 | $304.00 | — source file |
| Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2_3 VIEWS | $307.13 | $472.51 | — source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone · Malone, NY HC - RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2/3 VIEWS | $314.00 | $314.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Slhs Massena Massena · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2_3 VIEWS | $315.18 | $484.89 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse · Syracuse, NY HC Xr Lumbosacral Spine 2-3 Views | $332.80 | $512.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester · Rochester, NY HC RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2_3 VIEWS | $338.66 | $423.33 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY CHG RADEX SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2/3 VIEWS | $342.00 | $342.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY HC XR SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2-3V | $342.42 | $439.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| St Peters Hospital Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Xr Lumbosacral Spine 2-3 Views | $378.30 | $582.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Sunnyview Rehab Hospital Schenectady · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Xr Lumbosacral Spine 2-3 Views | $378.30 | $582.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY L Spine, Two/Three Views | $495.26 | $619.08 | — source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY EXAM L-S SPINE 2/3 VWS | $559.30 | $658.00 | — source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Xray Lumbosacral 2-3 Views | $580.50 | $645.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Xray Lumbosacral 2-3 Views | $580.50 | $645.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Xray Lumbosacral 2-3 Views | $580.50 | $645.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Xray Lumbosacral 2-3 Views | $580.50 | $645.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Xray Lumbosacral 2-3 Views | $580.50 | $645.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY EXAM L-S SPINE 2/3 VWS | $580.95 | $580.95 | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY L Spine, Two/Three Views | $592.59 | $740.74 | — source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY OF LOWER AND SACRAL SPINE; 2-3 VIEWS | $804.51 | $804.51 | — source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY OF LOWER AND SACRAL SPINE; 2-3 VIEWS | $890.00 | $890.00 | — source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 27 | $30.00 | $125.84 |
| Rochester, NY | 8 | $42.50 | $224.08 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 5 | $72.38 | $291.00 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 3 | $102.00 | $378.30 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $107.26 | $202.00 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 3 | $273.20 | $307.13 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $107.26 | $107.26 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 2 | $158.40 | $250.41 |
| Syracuse, NY | 2 | $186.00 | $259.40 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $275.16 | $275.16 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $495.26 | $495.26 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $32.00 | $32.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $69.51 | $69.51 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $314.00 | $314.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $73.50 | $73.50 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $342.00 | $342.00 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $202.00 | $202.00 |
What it is
A lower back X-ray shows the bones of the lumbar spine in two or three views. It is used after injuries, for suspected fractures and for back pain with warning signs.
What the price covers
The price usually covers taking the images. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.
X-ray of the lower back (lumbar spine), 2 or 3 views in other states
- Alabama$406.95
- Alaska$468.00
- Arizona$125.69
- Arkansas$232.70
- California$457.60
- Colorado$301.22
- Connecticut$267.66
- Delaware$343.80
- Florida$608.40
- Georgia$341.64
- Hawaii$259.80
- Idaho$441.00
- Illinois$370.00
- Indiana$246.00
- Iowa$120.35
- Kansas$278.20
- Kentucky$688.20
- Louisiana$152.18
- Maine$261.32
- Maryland$210.64
- Massachusetts$450.19
- Michigan$211.50
- Minnesota$163.69
- Mississippi$123.76
- Missouri$276.25
- Montana$258.40
- Nebraska$310.06
- Nevada$319.99
- New Hampshire$290.69
- New Jersey$135.31
- New Mexico$315.26
- North Carolina$278.40
- North Dakota$193.60
- Ohio$315.83
- Oklahoma$202.68
- Oregon$291.48
- Pennsylvania$296.80
- Puerto Rico$50.50
- Rhode Island$200.80
- South Carolina$306.15
- South Dakota$427.20
- Tennessee$82.83
- Texas$384.07
- Utah$214.27
- Vermont$597.75
- Virginia$366.50
- Washington$295.36
- West Virginia$208.25
- Wisconsin$227.78
- Wyoming$221.20
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.