Scans and imaging CPT 73552 Outpatient

Thigh (femur) X-ray cost in Bangor, ME

In Bangor, ME, 3 hospitals list a cash price for thigh bone (femur) X-ray, 2 or more views: from $67.83 to $330.30, with a median of $253.41. The lowest listed price is at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center — $185.58 less than the median here. Across Maine, the median is $200.25 at 26 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 73552, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$67.83Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
Median$253.41half pay less
Highest$330.30in this market
Difference4.9×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 Bangor, ME.

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Lowest $67.83Highest $330.30

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center one side lowest Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 FEMUR RT 2 VIEWS $67.83 $323.00 $164.41–$260.98 79% —
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Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center one side lowest Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 FEMUR LT 2 VIEWS $67.83 $323.00 $164.41–$260.98 79% —
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Penobscot Valley Hospital one side Lincoln, ME · (207) 794-3321 FEMUR 2 VIEWS RIGHT,RIGHT $253.41 $316.76 $32.50–$304.09 20% —
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Penobscot Valley Hospital one side Lincoln, ME · (207) 794-3321 FEMUR 2 VIEWS LEFT,LEFT $253.41 $316.76 $32.50–$304.09 20% —
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Millinocket Regional Hospital one side Millinocket, ME · (207) 723-5161 FEMUR LT-2V $330.30 $367.00 $158.25–$339.84 10% —
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Millinocket Regional Hospital one side Millinocket, ME · (207) 723-5161 FEMUR RT-2V $330.30 $367.00 $158.25–$339.84 10% —
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Millinocket Regional Hospital Millinocket, ME · (207) 723-5161 NPO L FEMUR 2V $330.30 $367.00 $158.25–$339.84 10% —
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Millinocket Regional Hospital Millinocket, ME · (207) 723-5161 NPO R FEMUR 2V $330.30 $367.00 $158.25–$339.84 10% —
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Outpatient: lowest $67.83, median $253.41, highest $330.30 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $253.41. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A femur X-ray takes at least two pictures of the thigh bone, from the hip to the knee. It is used after a serious injury, for thigh pain, and to follow a fracture or an implant.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.