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Limited Facial Bone X-ray

Tennessee 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$37.15$27.54 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$46.77 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $46 to $98Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $25 to $275
$20$50$100$200facility $54professional $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
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$27.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$42.66
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$40.74
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
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.99

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$38.90

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.