Scans and imaging CPT 73552 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Thigh (femur) X-ray cost in Chattanooga, TN — inpatient

In Chattanooga, TN-GA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for thigh bone (femur) X-ray, 2 or more views as an inpatient: from $110.88 to $110.88, with a median of $110.88. Across Tennessee, the median is $103.40 at 84 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 73552, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 25, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$110.88Erlanger Health

Median$110.88half of hospitals charge less

Highest$110.88in this market

Difference1.0×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 Chattanooga, TN-GA.

median

Lowest $99.46Highest $142.13

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Erlanger Health lowest Chattanooga, TN · (423) 778-7000 HC Femur Min 2 Views File of Jan 25, 2026 · source file	$110.88	$210.00	$43.91–$178.50	47%
CHI Memorial Hospital - Hixson both sides Hixson, TN HC FEMUR BILATERAL File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$99.46	$336.00	—	70%
CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia both sides Ringgold, GA · (770) 874-5400 HC FEMUR BILATERAL File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$99.46	$336.00	$272.16	70%
Memorial Health Care System both sides Chattanooga, TN · (423) 495-2525 HC FEMUR BILATERAL File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$142.13	$336.00	$218.40	58%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $110.88, median $110.88, highest $110.88.

Both sides : lowest $99.46, median $99.46, highest $142.13 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $2,375.82 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.