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Limited Facial Bone X-ray

Colorado rates for HCPCS 70140

This is an x-ray examination of the bones of the face using a small number of images rather than a fuller series. It offers a quicker, more limited look, often used to check a specific area of the face for a fracture or other abnormality.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Limited Facial Bone X-ray cost?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$45.71$33.88 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$70.79 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $40 to $166Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $30 to $74
$50$100$200facility $87professional $46

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
$33.88
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$47.86
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$51.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$44.67
3 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 15th of 51

$46.77

AK $95.50FL $25.12

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.