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Sternum X-ray

Minnesota 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$63.10$45.71 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$33.88 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $34 to $324Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $34 to $151
$50$100$200$500facility $148professional $63

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
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$79.43
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$263.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$70.79
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$194.98
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$97.72
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$26.92
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$70.79
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$64.57

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.