Scans and imaging CPT 73552 Outpatient

Thigh (femur) X-ray cost in Providence, RI

In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 9 hospitals list a cash price for thigh bone (femur) X-ray, 2 or more views: from $97.00 to $402.47, with a median of $218.00. The lowest listed price is at Landmark Medical Center — $121.00 less than the median here. Across Rhode Island, the median is $218.00 at 5 hospitals.

Cash prices at 12 facilities across 8 cities for code 73552, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$97.00Landmark Medical Center
Median$218.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$402.47in this market
Difference4.1×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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.

median
Lowest $89.60Highest $402.47
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Landmark Medical Center lowest Woonsocket, RI · (401) 769-4100 Hc Xray Femur =>2 Vw File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $97.00 $456.00 $63.34–$433.20 79%
Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · (508) 679-3131 HC X-Ray Exam of Femur 2/> source file $132.00 $264.00 $56.44–$411.86 50%
Southcoast Hospitals Group - St. Luke's Hospital St. New Bedford, MA HC X-Ray Exam of Femur 2/> source file $132.00 $264.00 $56.44–$411.86 50%
The Miriam Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 HC FEMUR MIN 2 VIEWS source file $218.00 $218.00 — —
Newport Hospital Newport, RI · (401) 846-6400 HC FEMUR MIN 2 VIEWS source file $218.00 $218.00 — —
Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 HC FEMUR MIN 2 VIEWS source file $218.00 $218.00 — —
Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton, MA · (508) 828-7000 HC FEMUR MIN 2 VIEWS source file $235.73 $235.73 — —
South County Health Wakefield, RI · (401) 782-8000 Radiologic examination, femur; minimum 2 views source file $285.60 $476.00 $30.26 40%
Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River, MA · (508) 674-5600 HC FEMUR MIN 2 VIEWS source file $402.47 $402.47 — —
Kent County Memorial Hospital both sides Warwick, RI · (401) 737-7010 HC Radiologic Examination Femur Minimum 2 Views - Xr Femur 2+ Vw Bilat source file $89.60 $256.00 $28.61–$238.85 65%
Butler Hospital both sides Providence, RI · (401) 455-6270 HC Radiologic Examination Femur Minimum 2 Views - Xr Femur 2+ Vw Bilat source file $89.60 $256.00 $28.61–$232.96 65%
Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island both sides Providence, RI · (401) 274-1100 HC Radiologic Examination Femur Minimum 2 Views - Xr Femur 2+ Vw Bilat source file $89.60 $256.00 $28.61–$244.83 65%
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Outpatient: lowest $97.00, median $218.00, highest $402.47 — a 4.1× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $89.60, median $89.60, highest $89.60.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $218.00. 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 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.