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Sternum X-ray

Arizona 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, 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 $79.43 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$34.67$31.62 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$48.98 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $23 to $191Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $28 to $219
$20$50$100$200facility $79professional $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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$35.48
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
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 38th of 51

$34.67

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.