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Limited Facial Bone X-ray

Virginia 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$34.67$28.84 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$22.91 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $12 to $155Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $23 to $51
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $40professional $35

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
$27.54
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
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
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$40.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$54.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$39.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$83.18
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$22.39
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$41.69
4 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
$13.49
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
27 · Multiple hospital visits
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 35th of 51

$34.67

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.