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X-ray of Thigh Bone, Minimum 2 Views Cost in Louisiana
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 88 Louisiana hospitals. CPT 73552. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $142
📉 Low $8.70
📈 High $1,512
🏥 88 hospitals
🏛️ 52 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $33.25
Hospital comparison — Louisiana
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 88 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | BCBS | Aetna | UHC | Humana | Cigna | Centene | Medicare | MultiPlan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SABINE MEDICAL CENTER MANY |
$8.70 | $201 | — | — | — | — | — | $32.70 | — |
| OCHSNER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS |
$20.30 | $41.00 | $52.54 | $30.30 | $24.94 | $30.30 | $30.30 | $30.30 | $13.50 |
| OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS |
$20.30 | $41.00 | $52.54 | $30.30 | $24.94 | $30.30 | $30.30 | $30.30 | $13.50 |
| ACADIA-ST. LANDRY HOSPITAL CHURCH POINT |
$20.63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BUNKIE GENERAL HOSPITAL BUNKIE |
$25.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL COLUMBIA |
$26.00 | $32.32 | $8.40 | $8.40 | $8.40 | — | $8.40 | — | — |
| OCHSNER AMERICAN LEGION HOSPITAL JENNINGS |
$56.70 | $43.42 | $39.15 | $38.20 | $152 | $22.45 | $152 | $152 | — |
| THIBODAUX REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM THIBODAUX |
$60.00 | $155 | — | $182 | — | — | — | $78.80 | — |
| HARDTNER MEDICAL CENTER OLLA |
$66.80 | $144 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGHILL |
$73.94 | $111 | $29.23 | $163 | $165 | $152 | — | — | — |
| OAKDALE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OAKDALE |
$82.20 | $131 | $37.44 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SLIDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL EAST SLIDELL |
$82.62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SLIDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SLIDELL |
$82.62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER LSU HEALTH SHREVEPORT - MONROE MEDICAL CENTER MONROE |
$83.90 | $48.26 | $56.64 | $68.28 | $68.28 | $53.09 | — | $80.03 | $299 |
| WEST JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER MARRERO |
$92.96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER- KENNER WEST ESPLANADE AVE KENNER |
$93.52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| RIVERBRIDGE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL VIDALIA |
$94.34 | $111 | — | — | — | $74.22 | — | — | — |
| NEW ORLEANS EAST HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS |
$94.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALEXANDRIA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL COLISEUM BLVD ALEXANDRIA |
$95.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OUR LADY OF THE LAKE SURGICAL HOSPITAL SLIDELL |
$96.68 | $66.24 | $80.57 | $80.57 | $80.57 | — | $80.57 | — | — |
| ST. CHARLES PARISH HOSPITAL PAUL MAILLARD RD LULING |
$98.28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS |
$101 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. HELENA PARISH HOSPITAL GREENSBURG |
$101 | $69.50 | $28.10 | $60.80 | $98.97 | $90.90 | $97.99 | $31.72 | — |
| OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL LAFAYETTE |
$102 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MINDEN MEDICAL CENTER MINDEN |
$103 | $157 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LALLIE KEMP REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INDEPENDENCE |
$106 | $60.00 | $60.00 | $19.58 | $60.00 | — | $60.00 | — | $75.00 |
| LASALLE GENERAL HOSPITAL JENA |
$107 | — | $77.22 | $77.22 | $77.22 | — | $77.22 | $77.22 | — |
| WINN PARISH MEDICAL CENTER WINNFIELD |
$108 | $143 | $40.92 | — | — | — | — | $143 | — |
| TOURO LCMC HEALTH NEW ORLEANS |
$109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL CROWLEY |
$111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NATCHITOCHES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER NATCHITOCHES |
$114 | $10.93 | $10.93 | $10.93 | $11.15 | $190 | $10.93 | — | $199 |
| WEST CALCASIEU CAMERON HOSPITAL SULPHUR |
$116 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-WEST BANK JEFFERSON HIGHWAY NEW ORLEANS |
$117 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL S. TYLER ST COVINGTON |
$119 | $100 | — | $100 | $100 | $57.70 | $100 | $100 | $68.00 |
| MANNING FAMILY CHILDREN'S NEW ORLEANS |
$120 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVOYELLES HOSPITAL MARKSVILLE |
$121 | $125 | $37.44 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACADIAN MEDICAL CENTER EUNICE |
$125 | $150 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER VILLE PLATTE |
$125 | $154 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER ST. MARY MORGAN CITY |
$125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL & CLINICS WEST CONGRESS ST. LAFAYETTE |
$126 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DEQUINCY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DEQUINCY |
$130 | $141 | $26.74 | $124 | $32.45 | $51.88 | — | — | — |
| NORTH CADDO MEDICAL CENTER VIVIAN |
$134 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHRISTUS ST. FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL ALEXANDRIA |
$136 | $83.75 | $67.86 | $62.64 | $62.64 | $104 | $87.94 | $92.13 | $365 |
| LAKEVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER COVINGTON |
$142 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL METAIRIE |
$142 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LAKESIDE HOSPITAL METAIRIE |
$142 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LCMC HEALTH EMERGENCY CARE DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS |
$142 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER ST. MARTIN HOSPITAL BREAUX BRIDGE |
$145 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVALA HOSPITAL COVINGTON |
$150 | $86.55 | — | — | — | — | — | $107 | — |
| LEONARD J. CHABERT MEDICAL CENTER HOUMA |
$150 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| IBERIA MEDICAL CENTER NEW IBERIA |
$151 | $77.22 | $26.59 | $32.36 | $77.22 | $174 | $81.09 | $31.72 | $32.36 |
| OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-BATON ROUGE BATON ROUGE |
$152 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER ST. ANNE GENERAL HOSPITAL RACELAND |
$154 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. BERNARD PARISH HOSPITAL CHALMETTE |
$156 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER REHABILITATION HOSPITAL JEFFERSON |
$157 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LANE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ZACHARY |
$171 | $245 | $249 | $87.00 | $83.00 | $245 | $100 | — | — |
| NORTH OAKS MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE. HAMMOND |
$178 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OPELOUSAS GENERAL MAIN CAMPUS OPELOUSAS |
$178 | $139 | $84.40 | $673 | $86.93 | — | $88.62 | — | — |
| COVINGTON TRACE ER & HOSPITAL MANDEVILLE |
$182 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER EXTENDED CARE HOSPITAL JEFFERSON JEFFERSON |
$187 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 73552, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $229 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $142 for this?
That is the median of what the 88 Louisiana hospitals above publish for X-ray of thigh bone, minimum 2 views — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Medicare reimbursement benchmark
For CPT 73552 in Louisiana, Medicare reimburses about $33.25 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Louisiana range from $8.70 to $1,512 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 4.3x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does x-ray of thigh bone, minimum 2 views cost in Louisiana?
- Cash prices for x-ray of thigh bone, minimum 2 views (CPT 73552) in Louisiana range from $8.70 to $1,512, with a median of $142. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest x-ray of thigh bone, minimum 2 views in Louisiana?
- The cheapest Louisiana hospital published cash price for this procedure is $8.70. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Louisiana facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 73552 (Imaging). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.