Lower leg X-ray cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 18 hospitals list a cash price for lower leg X-ray (tibia and fibula), 2 views: from $65.94 to $933.84, with a median of $161.58. The lowest listed price is at Norton Clark Hospital — $95.64 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $301.20 at 78 hospitals.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 9 cities for code 73590, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 11, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Clark Hospital one side lowest Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB TIBIA/FIBULA AP/LAT RT+1 more line at this price File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $65.94 | $471.00 | $13.29–$412.13 | 86% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB TIBIA/FIB 1V LT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $73.00 | $365.00 | $60.23–$305.21 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB TIBIA/FIB 1V RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $73.00 | $365.00 | $60.23–$305.21 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB TIBIA/FIB 1V RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $73.00 | $365.00 | $60.23–$305.21 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB TIBIA/FIB 1V LT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $73.00 | $365.00 | $60.23–$310.25 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital one side Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB TIBIA/FIB 1V LT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $73.00 | $365.00 | $60.23–$305.21 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB TIBIA/FIBULA AP/LAT RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $119.40 | $597.00 | $82.54–$507.45 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital one side Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB TIBIA/FIBULA AP/LAT RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $119.40 | $597.00 | $82.54–$499.21 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB TIBIA/FIBULA AP/LAT RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $119.40 | $597.00 | $82.54–$499.21 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB TIBIA/FIBULA AP/LAT RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $119.40 | $597.00 | $82.54–$499.21 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB TIBIA/FIBULA AP/LAT RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $119.40 | $597.00 | $82.54–$499.21 | 80% |
| University of Louisville Hospital one side Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 CR LOWER LG RT+1 more line at this price source file | $131.04 | $546.00 | $91.73–$546.00 | 76% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital one side Louisville, KY CR LOWER LG RT+1 more line at this price source file | $140.04 | $389.00 | $65.35–$389.00 | 64% |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville one side Shelbyville, KY · (502) 647-4000 CR LOWER LEG LT+1 more line at this price source file | $141.36 | $372.00 | $49.81–$372.00 | 62% |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital one side Louisville, KY · (502) 587-4011 CR LOWER LEG LT+1 more line at this price source file | $181.80 | $404.00 | $67.87–$404.00 | 55% |
| Cobalt Rehabilitation Hospital Louisville one side Clarksville, IN RAD Tibia/Fibula Lt File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $236.40 | $236.40 | $59.10–$200.94 | — |
| Harrison County Hospital one side Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 X-ray of lower leg, 2 views+1 more line at this price File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $271.20 | $452.00 | $13.29–$406.80 | 40% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 XR TIBIA + FIBULA 2 VIEWS UNI+1 more line at this price source file | $277.20 | $462.00 | $3.55–$250.00 | 40% |
| Our Lady of Peace one side Louisville, KY CR LOWER LG RT+1 more line at this price source file | $306.85 | $546.00 | $98.28–$546.00 | 44% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC XR LEG TIBIA & FIBULA 2 VWS File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $357.67 | $843.00 | $58.04–$767.13 | 58% |
| Cobalt Rehabilitation Hospital Louisville Clarksville, IN RAD Tibia/Fibula 2 Vw Bil+1 more line at this price File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $452.82 | $452.82 | $81.42–$384.90 | — |
| Cobalt Rehabilitation Hospital Louisville one side Clarksville, IN RAD Tibia/Fibula Rt File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $452.82 | $452.82 | $81.42–$384.90 | — |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 X-ray of lower leg, 2 views File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file | $933.84 | $1,245.12 | $13.29–$1,867.68 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 X-ray of lower leg, 2 views File of Sep 18, 2026 · source file | $933.84 | $1,245.12 | $30.98–$2,490.24 | 25% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 X-ray of lower leg, 2 views File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file | $933.84 | $1,245.12 | $75.93–$2,490.24 | 25% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital both sides Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 XR TIBIA + FIBULA 2 VIEWS BI+1 more line at this price source file | $554.40 | $924.00 | $3.55–$616.12 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $65.94, median $161.58, highest $933.84 — a 14.2× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $554.40, median $554.40, highest $554.40.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $135.54. 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 16 of 18 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 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.