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Sternum X-ray

Iowa 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $105 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$57.54$38.90 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$66.07 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $60 to $234Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $31 to $105
$50$100$200facility $105professional $58

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
$29.51
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$95.50
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$30.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$57.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$199.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$41.69
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.62
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$47.86
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
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.70

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$60.26

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.