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Rib X-ray, One Side

Alabama rates for HCPCS 71100

An X-ray captures images of the ribs on one side of the chest to check for fractures or other bone abnormalities. It's often ordered after trauma to the chest, such as a fall or direct blow, when a rib fracture is suspected. The images focus on the bony ribs rather than the lungs or chest organs.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rib X-ray, One Side cost?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$38.02$30.90 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$46.77 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $32 to $363Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $27 to $63
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $93professional $38

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$138.04

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Wisconsin 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.

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$43.65

WI $85.11FL $33.11

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.