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Single-View Thigh X-ray

Arizona rates for HCPCS 73551

This is an X-ray of the thigh bone taken from a single angle, used to evaluate the bone for fractures, alignment problems, or other abnormalities. A single view is used when a focused look at the bone is sufficient, such as for follow-up imaging.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Single-View Thigh X-ray cost?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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$30.20$26.92 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$46.77 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $21 to $204Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $25 to $186
$20$50$100$200facility $79professional $30

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$31.62
1 more rate 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
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.8 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.

Arizona· 37th of 51

$30.90

AK $87.10FL $22.91

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.