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
Baptist Health Hardin Elizabethtown, KY $972.74 $106.34 – $2,593.98
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin, KY $972.74 $1,296.99 – $2,593.98
Baptist Health La Grange La Grange, KY $972.74 $52.71 – $2,593.98
Baptist Health Lexington Lexington, KY $972.74 $58.70 – $2,636.78
Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY $972.74 $21.51 – $2,593.98
Baptist Health Paducah Paducah, KY $972.74 $106.34 – $2,593.98
WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital Lewisburg, PA $1,004.40 $18.23 – $602.31
HCA FLORIDA ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL ENGLEWOOD, FL $1,025.52 $213.46 – $245.18
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL, VA $1,058.00 $25.07 – $245.18
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver, CO $1,073.50 $21.82 – $317.72
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson, SC $1,080.00 $11.83 – $186.09
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER, SC $1,080.00 $11.83 – $186.09
HCA FLORIDA OCALA HOSPITAL SUMMERFIELD, FL $1,098.90 $200.56 – $245.18
MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL Frisco, TX $1,129.70 $26.06 – $153.55
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte, FL $1,189.80 $80.04 – $199.35
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa, CA $1,194.42 $113.89 – $179.33
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo, WI $1,195.15 $76.16 – $145.04
HCA FLORIDA SARASOTA DOCTORS HOSPITAL VENICE, FL $1,213.87 $213.46 – $245.18
HCA FLORIDA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Davie, FL $1,346.00 $185.25 – $236.03
MENORAH MEDICAL CENTER Overland Park, KS $1,351.02 $17.58 – $129.77
Adventhealth North Pinellas Tarpon Springs, FL $1,427.22 $76.59 – $242.37
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City, TN $1,436.16 $8.83 – $154.52
MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL Argyle, TX $1,446.89 $25.67 – $153.55
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston, TX $1,455.38 $26.06 – $197.26
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING, TX $1,490.09 $26.06 – $197.26
CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont Beaumont, TX $1,496.55 $21.71 – $322.79
HCA FLORIDA HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL Sebring, FL $1,502.00 $185.25 – $197.01
HCA FLORIDA LARGO HOSPITAL LARGO, FL $1,521.70 $213.46 – $245.18
HCA FLORIDA PALMS WEST HOSPITAL LOXAHATCHEE, FL $1,581.00 $185.25 – $225.43
Adventhealth Redmond Rome, GA $1,584.86 $24.85 – $302.06
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER, CO $1,624.00 $22.56 – $268.17
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD, TX $1,730.69 $25.54 – $197.26
Adventhealth Dade City Dade City, FL $1,774.24 $109.17 – $247.47
HCA FLORIDA FAWCETT HOSPITAL FORT MYERS, FL $1,888.54 $206.84 – $245.18
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE, TX $1,896.10 $25.54 – $197.26
HCA FLORIDA BAYONET POINT HOSPITAL HUDSON, FL $1,944.86 $213.46 – $245.18
HCA FLORIDA WOODMONT HOSPITAL TAMARAC, FL $2,195.75 $185.25 – $236.03
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI, VA $2,349.00 $31.79 – $245.18
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON, TX $2,416.00 $25.54 – $197.26
HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL MARGATE, FL $2,497.00 $185.25 – $236.03
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City, MO not published $17.58 – $129.77
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City, MO not published $17.58 – $129.77
OVERLAND PARK REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SHAWNEE, KS not published $17.58 – $129.77
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit, MO not published $17.58 – $129.77
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence, MO not published $17.58 – $129.77
HCA FLORIDA WESTSIDE HOSPITAL PLANTATION, FL not published $185.25 – $236.03
UCF LAKE NONA HOSPITAL Orlando, FL not published $210.61 – $245.18
HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL STUART, FL not published $185.25 – $223.71
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL PARRISH, FL not published $213.46 – $217.95
HCA FLORIDA POINCIANA HOSPITAL DAVENPORT, FL not published $210.61 – $245.18

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