Scans and imaging CPT 73552 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Thigh (femur) X-ray cost in Kansas City, MO — inpatient

In Kansas City, MO-KS, 13 hospitals list a cash price for thigh bone (femur) X-ray, 2 or more views as an inpatient: from $50.00 to $1,090.93, with a median of $203.50. The lowest listed price is at Mish — $153.50 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $258.05 at 64 hospitals.

Cash prices at 13 facilities across 9 cities for code 73552, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026.

Lowest$50.00Mish
Median$203.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,090.93in this market
Difference21.8×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 Kansas City, MO-KS.

median
Lowest $50.00Highest $1,090.93
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Mish one side lowest Lenexa, KS XR Femur 2 Views Lt+1 more line at this price source file $50.00 $320.00 — 84%
Lakewood Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 XR Exam 21 File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file $98.45 $179.00 $73.84–$179.00 45%
University Health Truman Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 XR Exam 21 File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file $98.45 $179.00 $73.84–$179.00 45%
Liberty Hospital one side Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 X-RAY EXAM FEMUR 2/> VW R+1 more line at this price source file $115.00 $415.00 $115.79–$338.64 72%
Liberty Hospital Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 X-RAY EXAM OF FEMUR 2/> source file $115.00 $415.00 $115.79–$338.64 72%
NKC Health one side North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 RA Femur Left Minimum 2 Views+1 more line at this price File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $133.98 $462.00 $277.20–$377.92 71%
Ascentist Hospital one side Leawood, KS · (913) 529-1801 XR FEMUR 2 OR > RT source file $148.30 $420.00 $136.77–$184.79 65%
Rehabilitation Hospital of Overland Park Overland Park, KS RAD Exam Femur 2 View Bil File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $203.50 $203.50 $122.10–$183.15 —
Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 RT FEMUR 2 VIEWS 73552+1 more line at this price File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file $257.60 $368.00 $47.84–$356.59 30%
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 XR FEMUR 2 VIEW FAC source file $267.36 $557.00 $267.36–$501.30 52%
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 XR FEMUR 2 VIEW FAC source file $267.36 $557.00 $267.36–$501.30 52%
Rehabilitation Hospital of Overland Park one side Overland Park, KS RAD Exam Femur 2 View Rt+1 more line at this price File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $383.15 $383.15 $229.89–$344.84 —
Rehabilitation Hospital of Overland Park Overland Park, KS RAD Femur Ap&lat File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $392.45 $392.45 $235.47–$353.21 —
Bates County Memorial Hospital one side Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 DX FEMUR RIGHT File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file $585.81 $836.86 $711.33 30%
Bates County Memorial Hospital one side Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 DX FEMUR MINIMUM LEFT File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file $636.75 $909.63 $773.19 30%
AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION FEMUR MINIMUM 2 VIEWS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $1,090.93 $1,090.93 — —
AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION FEMUR MINIMUM 2 VIEWS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $1,090.93 $1,090.93 — —
Mish both sides Lenexa, KS XR Femur 2 View Bilateral source file $50.00 $640.00 — 92%
NKC Health both sides North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 RA Femur Min 2 Views Bilat File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $267.96 $924.00 $554.40–$755.83 71%
Bates County Memorial Hospital both sides Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 DX FEMUR BILAT File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file $879.75 $1,256.78 $1,068.26 30%
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
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $50.00, median $203.50, highest $1,090.93 — a 21.8× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $50.00, median $267.96, highest $879.75 — a 17.6× 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 24 facilities here, median $267.36 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 9 of 10 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 3 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.