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Sternum X-ray

Virginia 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$36.31$30.90 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$24.55 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $13 to $155Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $25 to $54
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $42professional $36

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
$28.18
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$35.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.30
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$47.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$56.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$87.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$61.66
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.39
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$44.67
4 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
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
27 · Multiple hospital visits
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$36.31

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.