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Hip X-ray, Single View

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 73501

This is a basic X-ray exam of one hip, capturing a single image to evaluate the hip joint and surrounding bone. It can include the adjacent pelvis in the same image when relevant to the reason for the exam. A single view provides a quick look but offers less detail than a study using multiple angles.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hip X-ray, Single View cost?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$34.67$25.70 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$63.10 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $41 to $166Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $20 to $47
$20$50$100$200facility $83professional $35

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.20
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$37.15

AK $97.72FL $26.30

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.