Scans and imaging CPT 73590 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lower leg X-ray cost in Defiance, OH — inpatient

In Defiance, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for lower leg X-ray (tibia and fibula), 2 views as an inpatient: from $203.40 to $203.40, with a median of $203.40. Across Ohio, the median is $276.07 at 130 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73590, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$203.40Mercy Health Defiance Hospital

Median$203.40half of hospitals charge less

Highest$203.40in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Mercy Health Defiance Hospital Defiance, OH · (419) 782-8444 HC X-Ray Tibia/Fibula 2 Views File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$203.40	$339.00	—	40%

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 $203.40, median $203.40, highest $203.40.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $142.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

A lower leg X-ray takes two pictures of the shinbone (tibia) and the thinner bone beside it (fibula). It is ordered after a fall, twist or direct blow to check for a fracture, and to follow a known fracture as it heals.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.