Scans and imaging CPT 73552 Outpatient

Thigh (femur) X-ray cost in Meridian, MS

In Meridian, MS, 4 hospitals list a cash price for thigh bone (femur) X-ray, 2 or more views: from $70.68 to $178.40, with a median of $136.83. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Rush Hospital — $66.15 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $121.00 at 49 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 73552, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 30, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 17, 2026 and Feb 25, 2026.

Lowest$70.68Ochsner Rush Hospital
Median$136.83half pay less
Highest$178.40in this market
Difference2.5×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 Meridian, MS.

median
Lowest $70.68Highest $178.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner Rush Hospital lowest Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 HC X-RAY EXAM OF FEMUR 2/> VIEWS $70.68 $228.00 $56.71–$225.51 69% —
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Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center Meridian, MS · (601) 553-6000 HC FEMUR MIN 2 VWS $98.12 $446.00 $79.73–$356.80 78% Feb 25, 2026
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Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman, MS · (601) 776-6925 HC X-RAY EXAM OF FEMUR 2/> VIEWS $175.54 $262.00 $56.71–$214.84 33% —
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Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center-South Meridian, MS · (601) 484-3590 HC FEMUR MIN 2 VWS $178.40 $446.00 $78.43–$341.00 60% Feb 17, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $70.68, median $136.83, highest $178.40 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $136.83. 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 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.