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Sternum X-ray

Michigan 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 Michigan, 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 $67.61 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$38.02$33.88 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$40.74 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $39 to $240Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $26 to $55
$20$50$100$200facility $68professional $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
$38.02
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$58.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$63.10
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.05
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$29.51
5 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
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 32nd 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.