Scans and imaging CPT 73552 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Thigh (femur) X-ray cost in Kalispell, MT — inpatient

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for thigh bone (femur) X-ray, 2 or more views as an inpatient: from $35.75 to $269.26, with a median of $152.51. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $116.76 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $188.70 at 20 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73552, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$35.75Logan Health Medical Center

Median$152.51half of hospitals charge less

Highest$269.26in this market

Difference7.5×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 Kalispell, MT.

median

Lowest $35.75Highest $374.24

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 X-RAY, FEMUR, MINIMUM 2 VIEWS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$35.75	$55.00	—	35%
Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 FEMUR, 2 VIEWS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$184.28	$283.50	—	35%
Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 FEMUR, 2 VIEWS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$269.26	$414.25	—	35%
Logan Health Medical Center both sides Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 BILATERAL FEMUR 2 VIEWS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$292.34	$449.75	—	35%
Logan Health - Whitefish both sides Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 BILATERAL FEMUR 2 VIEWS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$374.24	$575.75	—	35%

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.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $35.75, median $152.51, highest $269.26 — a 7.5× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $292.34, median $333.29, highest $374.24 — a 1.3× 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 2 facilities here, median $152.51 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.