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Hand X-Ray

Alabama rates for HCPCS 73120

This is an X-ray of the hand, producing plain black-and-white images of the bones and joints. It is commonly ordered after an injury to check for a fracture or dislocation, or to evaluate arthritis or other bone changes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hand X-Ray cost?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$30.20$25.12 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$39.81 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $29 to $219Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $20 to $47
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $95professional $30

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$32.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$125.89

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Alaska than in South Dakota. 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.

Alabama· 41st of 51

$33.11

AK $70.79SD $29.51

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.