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Sternum X-ray

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 71120

This X-ray study focuses on the breastbone (sternum), using at least two images taken from different angles. It's commonly used to check for a fracture or other injury to this bone, often after chest trauma.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sternum X-ray cost?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$36.31$35.48 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$75.86 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $38 to $107Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $32 to $50
$20$50$100$200facility $76professional $36

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
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.90
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$42.66
2 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
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.5 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.

Arkansas· 35th of 51

$36.31

AK $95.50FL $26.92

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.