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Hand X-Ray

Louisiana 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $107 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$32.36$23.99 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$75.86 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $43 to $245Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $19 to $42
$20$50$100$200facility $107professional $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
$32.36
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.12
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 31st of 51

$34.67

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.