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Limited Facial Bone X-ray

Louisiana 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$33.88$26.92 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$77.62 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $47 to $166Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $19 to $45
$20$50$100$200facility $87professional $34

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
$23.44
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$29.51
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 29th of 51

$37.15

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.