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CPT 73070 at Seattle Children's Hospital

X-ray - Upper Extremity

Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle

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.

See the whole procedure. This code is part of a procedure we compare in full: every bill and what you’d pay at Seattle Children's Hospital.

What Seattle Children's Hospital publishes for this code: as an outpatient

Who paysHospital’s fee (lowest – highest)Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates$16.50 – $1,017at least 98 plans$13.50 – $26.40
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates$15.59 – $344at least 12 plans$4.81 – $16.50
Medicaid (state program)Insurer rates$14.85 – $267at least 1 plan$4.67 – $14.85
Other government programInsurer rates$23.10 – $434at least 1 plan$9.69 – $23.10
UnknownInsurer rates$14.85 – $953at least 12 plans$4.67 – $24.75
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance$33.00 – $1,059—
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it$33.00 – $1,059$33.00

Lowest and highest amounts Seattle Children's Hospital lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

What Seattle Children's Hospital publishes for this code: during a hospital stay

Who paysHospital’s fee (lowest – highest)Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates$16.50 – $26.4047 plans$13.20 – $26.40
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates$15.59 – $16.509 plans$4.81 – $16.50
Medicaid (state program)Insurer rates$14.851 plan$4.67 – $14.85
Other government programInsurer rates$23.101 plan$9.69 – $23.10
UnknownInsurer rates$14.85 – $24.7512 plans$4.67 – $24.75
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance$33.00—
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it$33.00$26.40 – $33.00

Lowest and highest amounts Seattle Children's Hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. 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 Seattle (King County) 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.

BillWhat it’s forOriginal Medicare allowsPrivate plan estimate
Hospital's feeThe hospitalThe 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$8.75$10.33 – $15.66

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

Compare CPT 73070 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.