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Limited Facial Bone X-ray

Missouri 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$37.15$30.20 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$42.66 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $33 to $288Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $26 to $209
$20$50$100$200$500facility $69professional $37

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
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$31.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$41.69
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
$13.18
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$27.54

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 27th of 51

$38.02

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.