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Hand X-Ray

Minnesota 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $234 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$60.26$42.66 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$151 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $32 to $457Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $32 to $155
$20$50$100$200$500facility $234professional $60

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
$245.47
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$77.62
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$251.19
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$60.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$93.33
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$22.91
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$69.18
5 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
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$64.57

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.