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Hand X-Ray

Iowa 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 October 2026.

How much does Hand X-Ray cost?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$45.71$30.20 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$53.70 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $45 to $275Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $21 to $79
$10$20$50$100$200facility $78professional $46

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
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$67.61
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$81.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.92
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$154.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$95.50
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$40.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.85
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$46.77
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
$13.18
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.7 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$48.98

AK $91.20FL $24.55

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.