Scans and imaging CPT 73552 Outpatient

Thigh (femur) X-ray cost in Reno, NV

In Reno, NV, 2 hospitals list a cash price for thigh bone (femur) X-ray, 2 or more views: from $94.00 to $516.00, with a median of $305.00. The lowest listed price is at Saint Marys Regional Medical Center — $211.00 less than the median here. Across Nevada, the median is $236.45 at 16 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73552, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 17, 2026 and Jun 8, 2026.

Lowest$94.00Saint Marys Regional Medical Center
Median$305.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$516.00in this market
Difference5.5×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 Reno, NV.

median
Lowest $94.00Highest $516.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Saint Marys Regional Medical Center lowest Reno, NV · (775) 770-3000 Hc Xray Femur =>2 Vw File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file $94.00 $469.68 $24.07–$469.68 80%
Incline Village Community Hospital one side Incline Village, NV · (775) 833-4100 X-ray of thigh bone, minimum 2 views+1 more line at this price File of Jun 8, 2026 · source file $516.00 $516.00 $29.59–$526.32 —
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

Outpatient: lowest $94.00, median $305.00, highest $516.00 — a 5.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $998.30. 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 2 of 2 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.