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Sternum X-ray

New Jersey 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?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$33.11$27.54 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$33.11 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $28 to $355Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $26 to $62
$20$50$100$200$500facility $72professional $33

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
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$47.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$44.67
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$60.26
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.85
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$41.69
3 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
$11.48
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.30

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 45th of 51

$33.11

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.