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Sternum X-ray

Kansas 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $138 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$41.69$33.11 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$129 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $44 to $145Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $31 to $219
$50$100$200facility $138professional $42

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
$28.18
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.90
4 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
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 11th of 51

$53.70

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.