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Wrist X-ray with contrast injected into the joint

CPT 73115the billing code this page is about

X-ray imaging of the wrist after contrast dye is placed in the joint, covering the radiologist's supervision and reading of the images.

Hospitals typically charge $660 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,141 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $690. Most fall between $357 and $1,220 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,141
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 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 2,141 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
$244$404$660$1,051$1,702

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($244 vs $1,702).

How the prices are spread

$174 – $225: 79 hospitals$174$225 – $292: 119 hospitals$292 – $379: 173 hospitals$292$379 – $492: 264 hospitals$492 – $639: 289 hospitals$492$639 – $829: 302 hospitals$829 – $1,076: 303 hospitals$829$1,076 – $1,396: 147 hospitals$1,396 – $1,811: 163 hospitals$1,396$1,811 – $2,351: 88 hospitals$1,811median $660price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,927 of 2,141 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$174$22579
$225$292119
$292$379173
$379$492264
$492$639289
$639$829302
$829$1,076303
$1,076$1,396147
$1,396$1,811163
$1,811$2,35188

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$356
Median cash price$660
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.85×

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 $660.

Alaska: median $1,009 across 10 hospitalsAK$1,009Maine: median $344 across 18 hospitalsME$344Vermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $626 across 11 hospitalsNH$626Washington: median $699 across 40 hospitalsWA$699Idaho: median $970 across 12 hospitalsID$970Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $342 across 26 hospitalsMN$342Illinois: median $962 across 89 hospitalsIL$962Wisconsin: median $699 across 80 hospitalsWI$699Michigan: median $432 across 48 hospitalsMI$432New York: median $502 across 74 hospitalsNY$502Massachusetts: median $1,209 across 35 hospitalsMA$1,209Oregon: median $696 across 34 hospitalsOR$696Nevada: median $623 across 15 hospitalsNV$623Wyoming: median $491 across 12 hospitalsWY$491South Dakota: median $669 across 11 hospitalsSD$669Iowa: median $598 across 31 hospitalsIA$598Indiana: median $674 across 63 hospitalsIN$674Ohio: median $679 across 117 hospitalsOH$679Pennsylvania: median $578 across 83 hospitalsPA$578New Jersey: median $449 across 40 hospitalsNJ$449Connecticut: median $594 across 11 hospitalsCT$594Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,063 across 157 hospitalsCA$1,063Utah: median $746 across 37 hospitalsUT$746Colorado: median $716 across 47 hospitalsCO$716Nebraska: median $469 across 31 hospitalsNE$469Missouri: median $638 across 52 hospitalsMO$638Kentucky: median $585 across 29 hospitalsKY$585West Virginia: median $899 across 10 hospitalsWV$899Virginia: median $624 across 47 hospitalsVA$624Maryland: median $124 across 20 hospitalsMD$124Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $440 across 37 hospitalsAZ$440New Mexico: median $510 across 14 hospitalsNM$510Kansas: median $570 across 33 hospitalsKS$570Arkansas: median $190 across 18 hospitalsAR$190Tennessee: median $289 across 51 hospitalsTN$289North Carolina: median $518 across 68 hospitalsNC$518South Carolina: median $714 across 49 hospitalsSC$714Oklahoma: median $400 across 39 hospitalsOK$400Louisiana: median $430 across 37 hospitalsLA$430Mississippi: median $286 across 36 hospitalsMS$286Alabama: median $585 across 37 hospitalsAL$585Georgia: median $406 across 78 hospitalsGA$406Hawaii: median $1,025 across 15 hospitalsHI$1,025Texas: median $564 across 182 hospitalsTX$564Florida: median $1,064 across 126 hospitalsFL$1,064
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $660. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA35$1,209+83%$730 – $1,482
Florida FL126$1,064+61%$668 – $3,425
California CA157$1,063+61%$558 – $1,435
Hawaii HI15$1,025+55%$536 – $1,331
Alaska AK10$1,009+53%$168 – $1,037
Idaho ID12$970+47%$746 – $1,220
Illinois IL89$962+46%$461 – $1,441
West Virginia WV10$899+36%$668 – $1,077
Utah UT37$746+13%$746 – $922
Colorado CO47$716+9%$375 – $1,989
South Carolina SC49$714+8%$391 – $1,124
Washington WA40$699+6%$523 – $1,103
Wisconsin WI80$699+6%$439 – $873
Oregon OR34$696+5%$373 – $877
Ohio OH117$679+3%$512 – $1,358
Indiana IN63$674+2%$333 – $960
South Dakota SD11$669+1%$669 – $1,036
Missouri MO52$638−3%$460 – $1,214
New Hampshire NH11$626−5%$470 – $1,693
Virginia VA47$624−6%$462 – $1,036
Nevada NV15$623−6%$379 – $2,381
Iowa IA31$598−9%$335 – $860
Connecticut CT11$594−10%$533 – $1,541
Alabama AL37$585−11%$340 – $869
Kentucky KY29$585−11%$376 – $1,483
Pennsylvania PA83$578−12%$383 – $2,095
Kansas KS33$570−14%$308 – $1,096
Texas TX182$564−14%$393 – $1,401
North Carolina NC68$518−21%$276 – $744
New Mexico NM14$510−23%$321 – $934
New York NY74$502−24%$356 – $1,012
Wyoming WY12$491−26%$447 – $769
Nebraska NE31$469−29%$349 – $813
New Jersey NJ40$449−32%$390 – $1,322
Arizona AZ37$440−33%$268 – $1,660
Michigan MI48$432−35%$286 – $809
Louisiana LA37$430−35%$189 – $684
Georgia GA78$406−38%$183 – $917
Oklahoma OK39$400−39%$193 – $644
Maine ME18$344−48%$297 – $877
Minnesota MN26$342−48%$279 – $695
Tennessee TN51$289−56%$183 – $737
Mississippi MS36$286−57%$170 – $604
Arkansas AR18$190−71%$187 – $451
Maryland MD20$124−81%$74 – $781
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not 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 $660.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,769$660$357 – $1,279
Children’s54$1,003$533 – $1,652
Critical access310$654$320 – $968
Ownership
For-profit345$887$406 – $2,206
Government296$547$295 – $910
Non-profit1,492$660$365 – $1,109
System affiliation
Part of a system1,802$670$375 – $1,271
Independent339$570$292 – $1,040

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,129
Median cash price$660
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

1,534 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $677 and the average of the middle 60% is $703; most fall between $373 and $1,135.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,534 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
$249$408$677$1,026$1,538

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($249 vs $1,538).

Of the 1,707 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,534 gave a usable cash price; 88 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 83 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,141 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (54%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,401 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,141
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here159
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded98
Hospitals that filed this code2,401

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 Wrist Arthrography Rs&I|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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Wrist X-ray with contrast injected into the joint (CPT 73115) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-73115-wrist-x-ray-with-contrast-injected-into-the-joint