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Posted 11:50 AM, February 13, 2009, by jaruiz

RADIOLOGICAL FEES IN 1910*

Sinus Examination: $25 to $50
Location of Foreign Bodies in the Eye: $25 to $50
Examination of Teeth: $10 to $75
Diagnosis of Renal and Vesical Calculi and Gallstones: $50 to $200
Chest Examination: $25 to $100
Shoulder Examination: $25 to $50
Elbow Examination: $15 to $50
Hand and Wrist Examination: $15 to $50
Foot and Ankle Examination: $15 to $50
Leg and Knee Examination: $25 to $75
Stomach and Bowel Examination: $75 to $200
Hip and Pelvis Examination: $50 to $100

(*The above statistics are for examinations and work done "inside the laboratory of the operator"; for work done outside the laboratory, "add 50 to 500 percent more." All statistics are from the ARRS Committee on Fee-Table [sic] published in "Minutes of the ARRS Meeting" from the Americal Quarterly of Roentgenology (1910;3:80) and quoted in "Radiology--Then and Now," by NJ Nazinitsky and BM Gold from the American Journal of Radiology (1988;151:251)).