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
Ascension St. John Medical Center (St. John Medical Center, Inc.) Tulsa, OK $170.57 $11.99 – $404.60
Ascension St. John Owasso (Owasso Medical Facility, Inc.) Owasso, OK $170.57 $11.99 – $227.59
Ascension St. John Jane Phillips (Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center, Inc.) Bartlesville, OK $170.57 $11.99 – $259.34
Ascension St. John Nowata (Jane Phillips Nowata Hospital, Inc.) Nowata, OK $170.57 $11.99 – $259.34
Ascension St. John Sapulpa (St. John Sapulpa, Inc.) Sapulpa, OK $170.57 $11.99 – $42.18
Ascension St. John Broken Arrow (St. John Broken Arrow, Inc.) Jenks, OK $170.57 $11.99 – $13.65
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton, CA $170.82 $19.67 – $181.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville, IA $170.95 $99.41 – $296.03
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton, IA $170.95 $98.96 – $263.00
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington, ME $171.25 $8.99 – $143.34
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073, MN $171.81 $90.73 – $310.64
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala, NE $172.32 $105.60 – $232.80
Ascension St. Vincent Carmel Ambulatory Surgery Center Carmel, IN $172.80 $3.01 – $250.00
Ascension St. Vincent Naab Surgery Center Indianapolis, IN $172.80 $3.01 – $250.00
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson (St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital, Inc.) Anderson, IN $172.80 $3.01 – $250.00
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers (St. Vincent Fishers Hospital, Inc.) Fishers, IN $172.80 $3.01 – $250.00
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo (St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center, Inc.) Kokomo, IN $172.80 $3.01 – $250.00
Ascension St. Vincent Carmel (St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc.) Carmel, IN $172.80 $3.01 – $250.00
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital HIGHLAND, IL $174.96 $46.29 – $243.00
Barnesville Hospital Barnesville, OH $175.00 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas, TX $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco, TX $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth, TX $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine, TX $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving, TX $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett, TX $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney, TX $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco, TX $175.04 $26.06 – $225.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO Plano, TX $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - DENTON Denton, TX $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney, TX $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie, TX $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie, TX $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea, KY $175.47 $100.43 – $331.24
WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER MONTEBELLO, CA $176.22 $10.22 – $1,497.87
Defiance Hospital Defiance, OH $176.40 not published
Banner Churchill Community Hospital Fallon, NV $176.88 $85.80 – $316.80
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades, SC $178.00 $63.49 – $106.96
St. Joseph's Hospital Buckhannon, WV $179.50 not published
CHI Health Plainview Plainview, NE $179.76 $130.54 – $289.80
Platte County Hospital Wheatland, WY $181.68 $115.20 – $232.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler, NE $181.90 $45.84 – $242.30
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway, WV $183.50 not published
Washakie Medical Center Worland, WY $183.84 $9.60 – $19.40
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck, ND $184.00 $25.96 – $207.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington, MN $184.80 $81.04 – $207.90
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis, MO $189.20 $15.67 – $138.39
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls, MN $189.60 $81.41 – $213.30
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls, MN $189.60 $81.41 – $213.30
Berger Hospital Circleville, OH $189.80 $39.13 – $39.13

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