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Sternum X-ray

Louisiana 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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$35.48$28.84 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$75.86 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $48 to $166Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $20 to $48
$20$50$100$200facility $89professional $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
$33.11
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$31.62
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$31.62

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 29th of 51

$38.90

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.