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Sternum X-ray

Mississippi 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?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$38.90$29.51 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$95.50 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $69 to $115Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $25 to $55
$20$50$100$200facility $95professional $39

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
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$44.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$35.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$45.71
2 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
$14.79
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.88

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 27th of 51

$39.81

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.