Scans and imaging CPT 73552 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Thigh (femur) X-ray cost in Lexington, KY — inpatient

In Lexington-Fayette, KY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for thigh bone (femur) X-ray, 2 or more views as an inpatient: from $275.50 to $275.50, with a median of $275.50. Across Kentucky, the median is $294.00 at 76 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 73552, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$275.50University of Kentucky Hospital

Median$275.50half of hospitals charge less

Highest$275.50in 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 Lexington-Fayette, KY.

median

Lowest $275.50Highest $424.56

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
University of Kentucky Hospital lowest Lexington, KY · (859) 257-2278 Hc Radiologic Examination Femur Minimum 2 Views - Xr Femur 2+ Views File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$275.50	$688.75	—	60%
Saint Joseph East both sides Lexington, KY · (859) 967-5000 HC FEMUR BILATERAL File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$338.62	$843.00	$767.13	60%
Saint Joseph Hospital both sides Lexington, KY · (859) 313-1000 HC FEMUR BILATERAL File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$397.13	$843.00	$767.13	53%
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Jessamine both sides Nicholasville, KY · (859) 313-1000 HC FEMUR BILATERAL File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$424.56	$843.00	$767.13	50%

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 $275.50, median $275.50, highest $275.50.

Both sides : lowest $338.62, median $397.13, highest $424.56 — 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 6 facilities here, median $356.12 — 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.