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Limited Facial Bone X-ray

Maryland 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $24.55 to $36.31.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $13 to $45
$10$20$50$100professional $29

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$40.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$51.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$48.98
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$52.48
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$15.49
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$38.02
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
$14.45
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$28.84

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.