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Sternum X-ray

Utah 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$31.62$26.30 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$51.29 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $35 to $269Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $23 to $55
$20$50$100$200$500facility $174professional $32

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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$34.67
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.05
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$60.26
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.90
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
$16.98
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 48th of 51

$31.62

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.