Scans and imaging CPT 73552 Outpatient

Thigh (femur) X-ray cost in Myrtle Beach, SC

In Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC, 5 hospitals list a cash price for thigh bone (femur) X-ray, 2 or more views: from $123.00 to $771.00, with a median of $404.70. The lowest listed price is at Conway Medical Center — $281.70 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $334.97 at 38 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 73552, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$123.00Conway Medical Center
Median$404.70half of hospitals charge less
Highest$771.00in this market
Difference6.3×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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC.

median
Lowest $123.00Highest $771.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Conway Medical Center one side lowest Conway, SC · (843) 347-8037 XR Femur Left+1 more line at this price source file $123.00 $123.00 $22.14–$89.42 —
McLeod Seacoast E Little River, SC · (843) 716-7000 HC RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION FEMUR MINIMUM 2 VIEWS - XR FEMUR 2+ VW source file $404.70 $570.00 $51.86–$456.00 29%
McLeod Loris Hospital Loris, SC · (843) 716-7000 HC RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION FEMUR MINIMUM 2 VIEWS - XR FEMUR 2+ VW source file $404.70 $570.00 $51.86–$456.00 29%
McLeod Health Carolina Forest Myrtle Beach, SC · (843) 716-7000 HC RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION FEMUR MINIMUM 2 VIEWS - XR FEMUR 2+ VW source file $404.70 $570.00 $51.86–$456.00 29%
Grand Strand Medical Center Little River, SC · (843) 692-1000 XR FEMUR MIN 2 VIEWS File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $771.00 $771.00 $112.57–$732.45 —
Grand Strand Medical Center one side Little River, SC · (843) 692-1000 XR FEMUR MIN 2 V RT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $771.00 $771.00 $112.57–$732.45 —
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.
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

Outpatient: lowest $123.00, median $404.70, highest $771.00 — a 6.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $404.70. 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 3 of 5 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.