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Sternum X-ray

New Mexico 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $275 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$30.90$22.91 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$89.13 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $45 to $479Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $10 to $55
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $275professional $31

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
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$45.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$64.57
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.22
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$44.67
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
$12.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 46th of 51

$32.36

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.