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Limited Facial Bone X-ray

Iowa 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$56.23$38.02 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$61.66 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $58 to $234Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $30 to $100
$50$100$200facility $81professional $56

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
$28.18
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$67.61
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$104.71
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$35.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$194.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$24.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$57.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.50
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$43.65
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
$14.13
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$24.55

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$57.54

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.