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Limited Facial Bone X-ray

Minnesota 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$61.66$44.67 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$33.11 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $33 to $309Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $33 to $151
$20$50$100$200$500facility $93professional $62

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
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$74.13
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$251.19
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$74.13
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$177.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$95.50
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$27.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$67.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$66.07
5 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
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$61.66

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.