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
Corewell Health Taylor Taylor, MI $461.00 $34.46 – $140.69
Corewell Health Trenton Trenton, MI $461.00 $32.83 – $140.69
Corewell Health Troy Troy, MI $461.00 $15.93 – $140.63
Corewell Health Wayne Wayne, MI $461.00 $32.46 – $140.69
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190, IL $462.00 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL $462.00 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL $462.00 not published
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL $462.00 not published
Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Wheaton, IL $462.00 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights, IL $462.00 not published
Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL $462.00 not published
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL $462.00 not published
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter, MO $462.15 $90.66 – $671.83
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese, IL $462.96 $48.67 – $643.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla, WA $463.40 $95.91 – $215.52
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria, CA $464.81 $19.67 – $886.90
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI $467.00 $104.17 – $187.51
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids, MI $467.00 $104.17 – $187.51
Corewell Health Pennock Hastings, MI $468.00 $119.05 – $119.05
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids, MI $468.00 $104.17 – $187.51
Corewell Health Gerber Fremont, MI $468.00 $119.05 – $119.05
Corewell Health Reed City Po Box 75, MI $468.00 $119.05 – $119.05
Corewell Health Greenville Greenville, MI $468.00 $104.17 – $187.51
Corewell Health Zeeland Zeeland, MI $468.00 $104.17 – $187.51
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh, PA $469.80 $18.23 – $109.49
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville, WA $471.10 not published
Lincoln Health Damariscotta, ME $473.75 $8.99 – $430.17
avon hospital Avon, OH $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
euclid hospital Euclid, OH $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
fairview hospital Cleveland, OH $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
lutheran hospital Cleveland, OH $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights, OH $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
lodi hospital Lodi, OH $477.10 $75.62 – $660.60
marymount hospital Garfield Heights, OH $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
medina hospital Medina, OH $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
south pointe hospital Warrensville Heights, OH $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg, CA $479.91 $44.32 – $140.86
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton, CA $485.28 $80.78 – $248.76
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle, WA $488.16 $121.06 – $509.96
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle, WA $488.16 $121.06 – $526.78
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah, WA $488.16 $69.03 – $526.78
Sunnyside Medical Center CLACKAMAS, OR $495.55 $177.00 – $177.00
Westside Medical Center HILLSBORO, OR $495.55 $177.00 – $177.00
HSHS St. John's Hospital IL 62769|301 N. 8th St., IL $497.52 $23.09 – $691.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA $499.29 $76.97 – $179.33
St Anne Hospital Toledo, OH $502.20 not published
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX $505.68 $105.02 – $488.67
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX $505.68 $333.97 – $488.67
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock, TX $505.68 not published
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY, WI $506.22 $24.82 – $456.60

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