Scans and imaging CPT 73502 Outpatient

Hip X-ray cost in Eureka, CA

In Eureka-Arcata, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for X-ray of one hip, 2 or 3 views, with the pelvis when included: from $203.49 to $232.56, with a median of $218.03. The lowest listed price is at Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital — $14.54 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $380.80 at 93 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73502, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$203.49Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital
Median$218.03half pay less
Highest$232.56in this market
Difference1.1×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Eureka-Arcata, CA.

median
Lowest $203.49Highest $786.93

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital lowest Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC XR HIPS UNI W PELVIS WHEN PERFORMED 2-3 VIEWS $203.49 $399.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC XR HIPS UNI W PELVIS WHEN PERFORMED 2-3 VIEWS $232.56 $456.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC XR HIPS UNI W PELVIS WHEN PERFORMED 2-3 VIEWS $647.70 $1,270.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC XR HIPS UNI W PELVIS WHEN PERFORMED 2-3 VIEWS $786.93 $1,543.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $203.49, median $218.03, highest $232.56 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $717.32. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

A hip X-ray takes two or three pictures of one hip joint, sometimes with a view of the pelvis. It is ordered for hip pain, a suspected fracture after a fall, or to check arthritis before or after hip replacement.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers taking the images of one hip. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.