Scans and imaging CPT 73590 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lower leg X-ray cost in Natchitoches, LA — inpatient

In Natchitoches, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for lower leg X-ray (tibia and fibula), 2 views as an inpatient: from $111.60 to $111.60, with a median of $111.60. Across Louisiana, the median is $112.64 at 58 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73590, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 18, 2026 and Mar 18, 2026.

Lowest$111.60Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

Median$111.60half of hospitals charge less

Highest$111.60in this market

Difference1.0×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 Natchitoches, LA.

median

Lowest $111.60Highest $165.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center one side lowest Natchitoches, LA · (318) 214-4200 LEG,LOWER,LEFT+1 more line at this price File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file	$111.60	$279.00	—	60%
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Natchitoches, LA · (318) 214-4200 ANKLE XRAY 3 + VIEWS+1 more line at this price File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file	$113.60	$284.00	$9.71–$227.20	60%
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center one side Natchitoches, LA · (318) 214-4200 LECH LEG,LOWER,RIGHT File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file	$165.60	$414.00	—	60%

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 $111.60, median $111.60, highest $111.60.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $111.60 — 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.