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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques

Limited skeletal X-ray survey

CPT 77074the billing code this page is about

X-rays of a selected group of bones rather than the whole skeleton, such as a search for spread of disease to a few areas.

Hospitals typically charge $355 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,288 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $372. Most fall between $170 and $657 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,288
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,288 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$123$201$355$595$1,025

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($123 vs $1,025).

How the prices are spread

$101 – $131: 183 hospitals$101$131 – $171: 171 hospitals$171 – $223: 188 hospitals$171$223 – $291: 281 hospitals$291 – $379: 300 hospitals$291$379 – $495: 299 hospitals$495 – $645: 270 hospitals$495$645 – $841: 167 hospitals$841 – $1,097: 120 hospitals$841$1,097 – $1,431: 81 hospitals$1,097median $355price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,060 of 2,288 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$101$131183
$131$171171
$171$223188
$223$291281
$291$379300
$379$495299
$495$645270
$645$841167
$841$1,097120
$1,097$1,43181

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$107
Median cash price$355
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.3×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $355.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $313 across 18 hospitalsME$313Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $333 across 13 hospitalsNH$333Washington: median $355 across 56 hospitalsWA$355Idaho: median $441 across 15 hospitalsID$441Montana: median $314 across 11 hospitalsMT$314North Dakota: median $255 across 17 hospitalsND$255Minnesota: median $285 across 65 hospitalsMN$285Illinois: median $450 across 93 hospitalsIL$450Wisconsin: median $285 across 68 hospitalsWI$285Michigan: median $246 across 50 hospitalsMI$246New York: median $202 across 69 hospitalsNY$202Massachusetts: median $497 across 35 hospitalsMA$497Oregon: median $416 across 33 hospitalsOR$416Nevada: median $471 across 15 hospitalsNV$471Wyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $563 across 18 hospitalsSD$563Iowa: median $380 across 46 hospitalsIA$380Indiana: median $333 across 80 hospitalsIN$333Ohio: median $371 across 114 hospitalsOH$371Pennsylvania: median $301 across 80 hospitalsPA$301New Jersey: median $142 across 50 hospitalsNJ$142Connecticut: median $222 across 12 hospitalsCT$222Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $574 across 167 hospitalsCA$574Utah: median $595 across 32 hospitalsUT$595Colorado: median $304 across 40 hospitalsCO$304Nebraska: median $631 across 51 hospitalsNE$631Missouri: median $335 across 47 hospitalsMO$335Kentucky: median $370 across 44 hospitalsKY$370West Virginia: median $303 across 17 hospitalsWV$303Virginia: median $330 across 53 hospitalsVA$330Maryland: median $382 across 38 hospitalsMD$382Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $234 across 39 hospitalsAZ$234New Mexico: median $248 across 10 hospitalsNM$248Kansas: median $421 across 44 hospitalsKS$421Arkansas: median $182 across 21 hospitalsAR$182Tennessee: median $131 across 54 hospitalsTN$131North Carolina: median $253 across 73 hospitalsNC$253South Carolina: median $364 across 34 hospitalsSC$364Oklahoma: median $240 across 37 hospitalsOK$240Louisiana: median $154 across 46 hospitalsLA$154Mississippi: median $199 across 33 hospitalsMS$199Alabama: median $257 across 32 hospitalsAL$257Georgia: median $372 across 81 hospitalsGA$372Hawaii: median $348 across 15 hospitalsHI$348Texas: median $451 across 157 hospitalsTX$451Florida: median $610 across 127 hospitalsFL$610
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $355. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Nebraska NE51$631+78%$265 – $760
Florida FL127$610+72%$283 – $1,484
Utah UT32$595+68%$463 – $595
California CA167$574+62%$249 – $1,025
South Dakota SD18$563+59%$513 – $817
Massachusetts MA35$497+40%$342 – $697
Nevada NV15$471+33%$130 – $721
Texas TX157$451+27%$239 – $1,204
Illinois IL93$450+27%$244 – $913
Idaho ID15$441+24%$228 – $441
Kansas KS44$421+18%$225 – $687
Oregon OR33$416+17%$217 – $457
Maryland MD38$382+8%$287 – $491
Iowa IA46$380+7%$181 – $547
Georgia GA81$372+5%$175 – $624
Ohio OH114$371+5%$270 – $620
Kentucky KY44$370+4%$217 – $489
South Carolina SC34$364+2%$140 – $464
Washington WA56$3550%$210 – $495
Hawaii HI15$348−2%$276 – $495
Missouri MO47$335−6%$263 – $536
Indiana IN80$333−6%$185 – $568
New Hampshire NH13$333−6%$233 – $566
Virginia VA53$330−7%$154 – $762
Montana MT11$314−11%$202 – $374
Maine ME18$313−12%$141 – $553
Colorado CO40$304−14%$228 – $504
West Virginia WV17$303−15%$240 – $666
Pennsylvania PA80$301−15%$133 – $1,049
Minnesota MN65$285−20%$125 – $377
Wisconsin WI68$285−20%$160 – $463
Alabama AL32$257−27%$145 – $602
North Dakota ND17$255−28%$193 – $361
North Carolina NC73$253−29%$173 – $439
New Mexico NM10$248−30%$200 – $494
Michigan MI50$246−31%$144 – $650
Oklahoma OK37$240−32%$139 – $373
Arizona AZ39$234−34%$119 – $1,353
Connecticut CT12$222−37%$163 – $386
New York NY69$202−43%$126 – $426
Mississippi MS33$199−44%$125 – $232
Arkansas AR21$182−49%$108 – $363
Louisiana LA46$154−57%$81 – $323
New Jersey NJ50$142−60%$118 – $331
Tennessee TN54$131−63%$90 – $346
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $355.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,739$334$159 – $652
Children’s62$477$298 – $900
Critical access479$377$200 – $645
Ownership
For-profit309$463$200 – $1,500
Government374$324$146 – $593
Non-profit1,597$337$170 – $624
System affiliation
Part of a system1,929$359$173 – $652
Independent359$312$153 – $658

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$611
Median cash price$355
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,626 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $370 and the average of the middle 60% is $390; most fall between $202 and $650.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,626 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$125$229$370$595$916

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($125 vs $916).

Of the 1,793 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,626 gave a usable cash price; 88 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 79 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,288 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (58%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,534 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,288
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here160
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded86
Hospitals that filed this code2,534

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Radiologic Examination Osseous Survey Limited|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Limited skeletal X-ray survey (CPT 77074) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-77074-limited-skeletal-x-ray-survey