CPT 72040 at Forks Community Hospital

X-ray - Spine and Pelvis

Forks Community Hospital, Forks

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

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What Forks Community Hospital publishes for this code: as an outpatient

Forks Community Hospital’s prices for CPT 72040, as an outpatient
Who pays	Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest)	Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates	$300 – $6994 plans	$93.14 – $217
Medicare AdvantageInsurer rates	$259 – $5575 plans	$80.29 – $557
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates	$242 – $3115 plans	$75.04 – $96.58
Other government programInsurer rates	$259 – $3152 plans	$80.29 – $97.65
UnknownInsurer rates	$402 – $6995 plans	$125 – $217
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance	$559	$174
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it	$699	$217

Lowest and highest amounts Forks Community Hospital lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. Its price file is dated 2026-10-27. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Bills to expect

The hospital’s fee is the price above. Doctors usually send their own bills. Their amounts here are what original Medicare allows in the rest of Washington for 2026, and a private-plan estimate of 118% to 179% of that (the range found across studies of what insurers pay doctors). Those are estimates, not quotes.

Bills to expect for CPT 72040 at Forks Community Hospital
Bill	What it’s for	Original Medicare allows	Private plan estimate
Hospital's feeThe hospital	The test or scan: equipment and staff	—	The price above
Reading doctorThe doctor who reads it (often a radiology group)	Reading the results and writing the report	$10.52	$12.41 – $18.83

Original Medicare amounts are only for people on original Medicare. Your share depends on your plan’s deductible, copay and coinsurance.

Compare CPT 72040 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.