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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

73503 Hip X-ray Medicare reimbursement rates in Missouri

Reports a unilateral hip radiographic examination with at least four views, often used to assess pain, suspected fracture, degenerative change, or prosthetic concerns. Compare 73503 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Missouri.

Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.

What does Medicare pay for 73503 in Missouri?

Missouri has 3 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 3 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

$55.44–$60.25

3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Rest Of Missouri

Highest: Metropolitan St. Louis

A spread of $4.81 per service.

Facility setting

No supported rate

These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.

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Where 73503 pays more and less in Missouri

3 payment localities

$55.44 to $60.25

$55.44$57.84$60.25
One dot per payment locality, office / nonfacility. Hover a dot to see the locality; select it to open that rate.

Diagnostic radiology

About 73503: Unilateral hip radiograph, four or more views

Reports a unilateral hip radiographic examination with at least four views, often used to assess pain, suspected fracture, degenerative change, or prosthetic concerns.

This code represents a radiographic study of one hip acquired with four or more views. Clinicians commonly order it for hip pain, suspected fracture, osteoarthritis, or assessment of a hip prosthesis. The examination may include views of the pelvis when obtained as part of the study. Radiologic technologists acquire the images in an office imaging department or a hospital setting, and a physician interprets the study and documents the findings.

Select the code based on the number of views performed for the unilateral hip examination, rather than the number of images or the reason for the study. The report should support the examined side, views obtained, clinical indication, and interpretation. The service may be billed globally, or its professional interpretation may be billed with modifier 26 and its equipment and staff portion with modifier TC. CMS separately prices those modifiers.

CMS billing rules for 73503

Professional and technical components
Diagnostic test with a professional component (modifier 26, interpretation) and a technical component (modifier TC, equipment and staff); billing without a modifier is the global service.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU0.26 · 14%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU1.59 · 85%
  • Malpractice RVU0.03 · 2%

51.6K

Medicare services in 2024 · #770 by national volume

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

73503 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Missouri, from the same CMS release.

73501

Hip X-ray

Unilateral, one view

$29.98–$32.44

73501 is for a unilateral hip study with one view; 73503 requires at least four views.

73502

Hip X-ray

One hip, 2-3 views

$43.08–$46.79

Both describe unilateral hip imaging, but 73502 covers two or three views and 73503 covers four or more.

73522

Hip X-ray

Bilateral, 3-4 views

$48.33–$52.33

73522 describes a bilateral hip examination with three or four views; 73503 is for one hip with four or more views.

Compare 73503 by payment locality

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3 of 3 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0

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73503 billing questions

When should 73503 be selected instead of 73502?

Use 73503 when the unilateral hip examination includes four or more views. Use 73502 for a unilateral examination with two or three views.

Does this code cover imaging of both hips?

No. It describes a unilateral study. For imaging of both hips, select the bilateral hip code that matches the views performed.

How are the professional and technical portions billed?

Bill the interpretation with modifier 26 and the equipment and staff portion with modifier TC. Without either modifier, the claim represents the global service.

What documentation supports 73503?

Document the side examined, the views acquired, the clinical reason for imaging, and the physician’s interpretation. The record should support that at least four views were performed.

Can 73503 be reported for a single view of the hip?

No. A unilateral single-view examination is reported with 73501; 73503 requires four or more views.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.

Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.

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