Bone Age X-ray (hand and wrist) cost at US hospitals

X-ray bone age study · CPT 77072

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Bone Age X-ray (hand and wrist)

A bone age study is an x-ray, almost always of a child's left hand and wrist, read to estimate how far the skeleton has matured. The question is not whether anything is broken — it is whether the bones are ahead of, behind, or in step with the child's actual age.

$29.00

lowest cash price

$252.75

national median

$2,497.00

highest cash price

890

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $29.00–$2,497.00 — the variation is the story.

Most expensive published cash price

$2,497.00

HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL — MARGATE, FL

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($282.10) → Sep 1, 2026 ($468.00)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 4 $125.58 $410.28 $622.44
Arizona 20 $57.90 $93.91 $411.07
Arkansas 10 $44.40 $168.35 $372.00
California 85 $68.53 $339.30 $1,194.42
Colorado 17 $56.67 $727.61 $1,624.00
Florida 73 $165.02 $659.00 $2,497.00
Georgia 25 $50.03 $228.00 $1,584.86
Hawaii 2 $150.08 $150.08 $298.50
Illinois 50 $87.50 $353.40 $781.20
Indiana 26 $105.50 $172.80 $972.74
Iowa 27 $90.30 $208.64 $299.00
Kansas 11 $61.20 $651.32 $1,351.02
Kentucky 22 $79.90 $286.80 $972.74
Louisiana 1 $124.80 $124.80 $124.80
Maine 7 $171.25 $473.75 $626.35
Maryland 2 $71.40 $71.40 $71.40
Michigan 27 $80.08 $407.20 $468.00
Minnesota 19 $138.43 $171.81 $432.80
Mississippi 10 $56.60 $86.08 $264.15
Missouri 20 $157.30 $223.30 $610.50
Montana 2 $252.80 $252.80 $293.60
Nebraska 12 $90.30 $111.50 $195.05
Nevada 4 $143.50 $158.90 $200.20
New Hampshire 1 $365.75 $365.75 $365.75
New Jersey 22 $54.24 $86.35 $170.00
New Mexico 2 $158.76 $158.76 $158.76
New York 22 $125.84 $125.84 $812.00
North Carolina 14 $163.50 $227.08 $284.00
North Dakota 4 $184.00 $314.40 $315.20
Ohio 67 $97.20 $284.05 $653.40
Oklahoma 16 $29.00 $170.57 $359.45
Oregon 13 $34.02 $246.75 $495.55
Pennsylvania 32 $100.20 $262.80 $1,004.40
South Carolina 10 $145.50 $206.00 $1,080.00
South Dakota 6 $232.80 $292.00 $386.40
Tennessee 37 $50.03 $76.47 $1,436.16
Texas 113 $60.29 $292.97 $2,416.00
Virginia 42 $67.85 $211.00 $2,349.00
Washington 32 $138.40 $282.00 $488.16
West Virginia 17 $116.50 $213.50 $355.00
Wisconsin 32 $59.85 $292.50 $1,195.15
Wyoming 4 $67.20 $168.96 $183.84

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls, SD $386.40 $25.96 – $434.70
Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur, GA $388.00 $25.04 – $280.20
Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia, GA $388.00 $25.04 – $280.20
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur, GA $388.00 $31.87 – $31.87
Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek, GA $388.00 $25.04 – $280.20
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta, GA $388.00 $25.04 – $280.20
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Atlanta, GA $388.00 $25.04 – $280.20
Emory University Hospital Ne, GA $388.00 $25.04 – $280.20
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta, GA $388.00 $25.04 – $280.20
Willard Hospital Willard, OH $394.20 not published
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News, VA $394.80 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia, WA $397.28 $121.06 – $698.26
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia, WA $397.28 $102.20 – $627.65
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Centralia, IL $400.40 $112.03 – $117.63
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IL $400.40 $112.03 – $117.63
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh, PA $405.00 $18.23 – $111.52
OSF St Francis Hospital Escanaba, MI $407.20 not published
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville, TX $409.14 $13.87 – $453.92
Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center Kodiak, AK $410.28 not published
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott, AZ $411.07 $17.00 – $28.54
Baptist Hospital MIAMI, FL $416.65 $35.25 – $515.70
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH, FL $416.65 $35.25 – $576.90
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES, FL $416.65 $34.17 – $576.90
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI, FL $416.65 $34.17 – $515.70
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON, FL $416.65 $34.17 – $576.90
Homestead Hospital HOMESTEAD, FL $416.65 $34.17 – $576.90
Mariners Hospital TAVERNIER, FL $416.65 $34.17 – $576.90
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI, FL $416.65 $34.17 – $576.90
Adventhealth Central Texas Killeen, TX $417.90 $105.02 – $431.51
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh, PA $419.40 $18.23 – $111.52
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville, PA $421.80 $17.40 – $109.49
UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA $421.80 $11.27 – $126.72
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport, PA $424.20 $18.23 – $111.52
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley, WA $424.80 $38.84 – $475.62
MultiCare Deaconess Hospital Spokane, WA $424.80 $39.12 – $476.68
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington, MO $425.19 $21.54 – $96.60
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe, FL $426.00 $50.09 – $235.69
OSF St Mary Medical Center Galesburg, IL $430.80 $112.03 – $114.27
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley, MN $432.80 $111.66 – $486.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji, MN $432.80 $79.32 – $486.90
OSF Saint James John W Albrecht Medical Center Pontiac, IL $436.00 $112.03 – $114.27
UPMC East Monroeville, PA $436.20 $18.23 – $581.60
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road, OH $442.50 $63.96 – $197.82
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna, TN $446.80 $12.38 – $154.52
OSF St Joseph Medical Center Bloomington, IL $448.20 $112.03 – $114.27
HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital Shelbyville, IL $453.60 $177.88 – $195.67
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA $456.60 $18.23 – $111.52
Adventhealth Ocala Ocala, FL $459.55 $77.67 – $242.37
OSF Saint Paul Medical Center Mendota, IL $460.00 not published
Corewell Health Gross Pointe Grosse Pointe, MI $461.00 $16.00 – $140.69

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