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Sternum X-ray

Indiana 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $186 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$35.48$30.20 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$74.13 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $35 to $912Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $28 to $55
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $186professional $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
$30.20
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$33.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$60.26
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.20
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$43.65
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
$14.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.70

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 37th of 51

$35.48

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.