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Sternum X-ray

Georgia 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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$38.02$32.36 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$34.67 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $29 to $83Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $28 to $76
$20$50$100$200facility $49professional $38

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
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$66.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$29.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
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
$12.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.12

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 30th of 51

$38.02

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.