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Lower back X-ray

A standard X-ray series of the lower spine, at least four views.

15 hospitals · 64 published rates Cheapest $43.05 · dearest $117.63

Sorted cheapest first. A published figure that behaves like a placeholder rather than a real price — one cent, or a figure orders of magnitude below what other hospitals publish for the same billing code — never leads this order. It stays listed, after every other figure, ordered by its own amount among the others like it.

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MacNeal Hospital Gottlieb Community Health Services Corporation
Berwyn 9 published rates
$54.71 – $127.48
negotiated rate
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network)
2 published rates
$116.39
negotiated rate
UChicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange
La Grange 1 published rate
$117.63
negotiated rate
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale
Hinsdale 1 published rate
$117.63
negotiated rate
UChicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook 1 published rate
$117.63
negotiated rate

Why a range? One insurer publishes different rates for different plans at the same hospital — a PPO and an HMO under the same name can differ several times over. We show what the hospital published rather than collapsing it into a single number that might not be yours.