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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques

X-ray of the mid-to-lower spine junction, 2 or more views

CPT 72080the billing code this page is about

X-ray imaging of the area where the thoracic (mid-back) and lumbar (lower back) spine meet, with at least two views taken.

Hospitals typically charge $247 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,827 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $258. Most fall between $118 and $438 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,827
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,827 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$85$142$247$390$650

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($85 vs $650).

How the prices are spread

$68 – $89: 187 hospitals$68$89 – $117: 228 hospitals$117 – $153: 225 hospitals$117$153 – $199: 312 hospitals$199 – $260: 384 hospitals$199$260 – $340: 406 hospitals$340 – $444: 396 hospitals$340$444 – $581: 216 hospitals$581 – $758: 111 hospitals$581$758 – $991: 83 hospitals$758median $247price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,548 of 2,827 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$68$89187
$89$117228
$117$153225
$153$199312
$199$260384
$260$340406
$340$444396
$444$581216
$581$758111
$758$99183

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$89
Median cash price$247
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.8×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $247.

Alaska: median $462 across 17 hospitalsAK$462Maine: median $185 across 24 hospitalsME$185Vermont: median $417 across 12 hospitalsVT$417New Hampshire: median $242 across 17 hospitalsNH$242Washington: median $231 across 69 hospitalsWA$231Idaho: median $309 across 18 hospitalsID$309Montana: median $223 across 17 hospitalsMT$223North Dakota: median $163 across 28 hospitalsND$163Minnesota: median $172 across 90 hospitalsMN$172Illinois: median $276 across 103 hospitalsIL$276Wisconsin: median $244 across 101 hospitalsWI$244Michigan: median $178 across 82 hospitalsMI$178New York: median $202 across 83 hospitalsNY$202Massachusetts: median $311 across 41 hospitalsMA$311Oregon: median $267 across 45 hospitalsOR$267Nevada: median $281 across 16 hospitalsNV$281Wyoming: median $206 across 13 hospitalsWY$206South Dakota: median $449 across 22 hospitalsSD$449Iowa: median $199 across 60 hospitalsIA$199Indiana: median $204 across 80 hospitalsIN$204Ohio: median $270 across 122 hospitalsOH$270Pennsylvania: median $342 across 106 hospitalsPA$342New Jersey: median $113 across 48 hospitalsNJ$113Connecticut: median $203 across 20 hospitalsCT$203Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $353 across 212 hospitalsCA$353Utah: median $448 across 35 hospitalsUT$448Colorado: median $246 across 59 hospitalsCO$246Nebraska: median $288 across 60 hospitalsNE$288Missouri: median $231 across 67 hospitalsMO$231Kentucky: median $300 across 51 hospitalsKY$300West Virginia: median $178 across 34 hospitalsWV$178Virginia: median $314 across 68 hospitalsVA$314Maryland: median $159 across 34 hospitalsMD$159Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $102 across 52 hospitalsAZ$102New Mexico: median $249 across 23 hospitalsNM$249Kansas: median $248 across 60 hospitalsKS$248Arkansas: median $112 across 33 hospitalsAR$112Tennessee: median $104 across 57 hospitalsTN$104North Carolina: median $248 across 84 hospitalsNC$248South Carolina: median $357 across 50 hospitalsSC$357Oklahoma: median $169 across 56 hospitalsOK$169Louisiana: median $160 across 45 hospitalsLA$160Mississippi: median $121 across 38 hospitalsMS$121Alabama: median $135 across 35 hospitalsAL$135Georgia: median $267 across 84 hospitalsGA$267Hawaii: median $320 across 19 hospitalsHI$320Texas: median $362 across 180 hospitalsTX$362Florida: median $494 across 142 hospitalsFL$494
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $247. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL142$494+100%$194 – $1,653
Alaska AK17$462+87%$194 – $736
South Dakota SD22$449+82%$348 – $562
Utah UT35$448+81%$248 – $448
Vermont VT12$417+69%$341 – $801
Texas TX180$362+46%$226 – $616
South Carolina SC50$357+44%$86 – $483
California CA212$353+43%$216 – $728
Pennsylvania PA106$342+38%$114 – $519
Hawaii HI19$320+30%$220 – $376
Virginia VA68$314+27%$145 – $516
Massachusetts MA41$311+26%$269 – $448
Idaho ID18$309+25%$168 – $365
Kentucky KY51$300+21%$146 – $490
Nebraska NE60$288+17%$198 – $361
Nevada NV16$281+14%$94 – $565
Illinois IL103$276+12%$131 – $540
Ohio OH122$270+9%$182 – $395
Oregon OR45$267+8%$62 – $367
Georgia GA84$267+8%$85 – $442
New Mexico NM23$249+1%$177 – $383
North Carolina NC84$2480%$165 – $349
Kansas KS60$2480%$160 – $434
Colorado CO59$246−1%$161 – $519
Wisconsin WI101$244−1%$100 – $328
New Hampshire NH17$242−2%$114 – $379
Washington WA69$231−6%$162 – $352
Missouri MO67$231−7%$140 – $415
Montana MT17$223−10%$173 – $248
Wyoming WY13$206−17%$84 – $322
Indiana IN80$204−17%$118 – $294
Connecticut CT20$203−18%$134 – $386
New York NY83$202−18%$104 – $400
Iowa IA60$199−19%$150 – $301
Maine ME24$185−25%$84 – $416
Michigan MI82$178−28%$98 – $347
West Virginia WV34$178−28%$141 – $259
Minnesota MN90$172−30%$83 – $276
Oklahoma OK56$169−31%$118 – $293
North Dakota ND28$163−34%$123 – $240
Louisiana LA45$160−35%$67 – $290
Maryland MD34$159−36%$106 – $226
Alabama AL35$135−45%$81 – $350
Mississippi MS38$121−51%$67 – $190
New Jersey NJ48$113−54%$97 – $168
Arkansas AR33$112−55%$76 – $177
Tennessee TN57$104−58%$75 – $153
Arizona AZ52$102−59%$87 – $371
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $247.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,074$250$113 – $466
Children’s61$349$241 – $532
Critical access682$239$133 – $370
Ownership
For-profit391$343$132 – $1,150
Government436$233$104 – $376
Non-profit1,990$242$119 – $415
System affiliation
Part of a system2,400$254$121 – $446
Independent427$226$103 – $404

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$422
Median cash price$247
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,009 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $261 and the average of the middle 60% is $267; most fall between $129 and $428.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,009 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$88$154$261$386$580

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($88 vs $580).

Of the 2,207 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,009 gave a usable cash price; 108 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 90 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,827 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (71%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,119 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,827
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here194
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded97
Hospitals that filed this code3,119

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Radex Spine Thoracolumbar Junction Min 2 Views|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “X-ray of the mid-to-lower spine junction, 2 or more views (CPT 72080) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-72080-x-ray-of-the-mid-to-lower-spine-junction-2-or-more-views