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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques

Scoliosis spine X-ray, 4 or 5 views

CPT 72083the billing code this page is about

X-ray of the whole thoracic and lumbar spine, including neck, skull and sacral areas if imaged, with four or five views taken.

Hospitals typically charge $399 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,102 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $424. Most fall between $200 and $741 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,102
States
50
Filings dated
Nov 2023 – 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 2,102 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
$136$227$399$665$1,146

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($136 vs $1,146).

How the prices are spread

$102 – $135: 104 hospitals$102$135 – $180: 128 hospitals$180 – $239: 220 hospitals$180$239 – $317: 244 hospitals$317 – $421: 302 hospitals$317$421 – $560: 308 hospitals$560 – $744: 272 hospitals$560$744 – $989: 154 hospitals$989 – $1,315: 106 hospitals$989$1,315 – $1,748: 54 hospitals$1,315median $399price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,892 of 2,102 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$102$135104
$135$180128
$180$239220
$239$317244
$317$421302
$421$560308
$560$744272
$744$989154
$989$1,315106
$1,315$1,74854

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$107
Median cash price$399
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.7×

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 $399.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $456 across 12 hospitalsME$456Vermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $381 across 11 hospitalsNH$381Washington: median $464 across 40 hospitalsWA$464Idaho: median $412 across 14 hospitalsID$412Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $278 across 15 hospitalsND$278Minnesota: median $241 across 48 hospitalsMN$241Illinois: median $583 across 78 hospitalsIL$583Wisconsin: median $249 across 70 hospitalsWI$249Michigan: median $282 across 56 hospitalsMI$282New York: median $290 across 74 hospitalsNY$290Massachusetts: median $475 across 36 hospitalsMA$475Oregon: median $439 across 38 hospitalsOR$439Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $553 across 11 hospitalsSD$553Iowa: median $339 across 42 hospitalsIA$339Indiana: median $333 across 56 hospitalsIN$333Ohio: median $382 across 101 hospitalsOH$382Pennsylvania: median $598 across 95 hospitalsPA$598New Jersey: median $147 across 49 hospitalsNJ$147Connecticut: median $456 across 14 hospitalsCT$456Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $734 across 158 hospitalsCA$734Utah: median $459 across 33 hospitalsUT$459Colorado: median $429 across 48 hospitalsCO$429Nebraska: median $254 across 38 hospitalsNE$254Missouri: median $386 across 56 hospitalsMO$386Kentucky: median $385 across 34 hospitalsKY$385West Virginia: median $251 across 25 hospitalsWV$251Virginia: median $333 across 46 hospitalsVA$333Maryland: median $477 across 24 hospitalsMD$477Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $218 across 34 hospitalsAZ$218New Mexico: median $299 across 14 hospitalsNM$299Kansas: median $401 across 24 hospitalsKS$401Arkansas: median $239 across 19 hospitalsAR$239Tennessee: median $191 across 47 hospitalsTN$191North Carolina: median $388 across 64 hospitalsNC$388South Carolina: median $398 across 30 hospitalsSC$398Oklahoma: median $302 across 44 hospitalsOK$302Louisiana: median $231 across 27 hospitalsLA$231Mississippi: median $172 across 34 hospitalsMS$172Alabama: median $257 across 27 hospitalsAL$257Georgia: median $334 across 71 hospitalsGA$334Hawaii: median $385 across 14 hospitalsHI$385Texas: median $546 across 173 hospitalsTX$546Florida: median $807 across 112 hospitalsFL$807
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $399. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL112$807+102%$333 – $2,200
California CA158$734+84%$321 – $936
Pennsylvania PA95$598+50%$176 – $828
Illinois IL78$583+46%$260 – $1,003
South Dakota SD11$553+39%$553 – $674
Texas TX173$546+37%$363 – $1,272
Maryland MD24$477+20%$363 – $590
Massachusetts MA36$475+19%$370 – $841
Washington WA40$464+16%$330 – $1,011
Utah UT33$459+15%$459 – $619
Maine ME12$456+14%$196 – $649
Connecticut CT14$456+14%$253 – $739
Oregon OR38$439+10%$270 – $720
Colorado CO48$429+7%$265 – $642
Idaho ID14$412+3%$263 – $441
Kansas KS24$401+1%$156 – $667
South Carolina SC30$3980%$294 – $398
North Carolina NC64$388−3%$240 – $550
Missouri MO56$386−3%$260 – $659
Hawaii HI14$385−4%$305 – $527
Kentucky KY34$385−4%$212 – $6,302
Ohio OH101$382−4%$226 – $541
New Hampshire NH11$381−5%$272 – $1,123
Iowa IA42$339−15%$166 – $441
Georgia GA71$334−16%$127 – $738
Indiana IN56$333−16%$212 – $479
Virginia VA46$333−17%$251 – $511
Oklahoma OK44$302−24%$195 – $590
New Mexico NM14$299−25%$188 – $718
New York NY74$290−27%$126 – $709
Michigan MI56$282−29%$183 – $431
North Dakota ND15$278−30%$161 – $364
Alabama AL27$257−36%$195 – $817
Nebraska NE38$254−36%$179 – $628
West Virginia WV25$251−37%$167 – $540
Wisconsin WI70$249−38%$183 – $565
Minnesota MN48$241−40%$86 – $418
Arkansas AR19$239−40%$114 – $538
Louisiana LA27$231−42%$124 – $319
Arizona AZ34$218−45%$174 – $1,720
Tennessee TN47$191−52%$73 – $494
Mississippi MS34$172−57%$138 – $295
New Jersey NJ49$147−63%$121 – $349
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not 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 $399.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,651$408$200 – $782
Children’s61$438$294 – $791
Critical access383$360$191 – $605
Ownership
For-profit304$561$227 – $1,837
Government263$346$182 – $592
Non-profit1,528$398$200 – $726
System affiliation
Part of a system1,851$403$206 – $764
Independent251$346$165 – $711

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$684
Median cash price$399
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

1,540 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $416 and the average of the middle 60% is $442; most fall between $223 and $734.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,540 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
$147$256$416$667$994

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($147 vs $994).

Of the 1,686 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,540 gave a usable cash price; 84 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 62 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,102 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (53%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,322 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,102
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here149
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded71
Hospitals that filed this code2,322

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 Entir Thrc Lmbr Crv Sac Spi W/Skull 4/5 Vw.

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, “Scoliosis spine X-ray, 4 or 5 views (CPT 72083) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-72083-scoliosis-spine-x-ray-4-or-5-views