go back

Hand X-Ray

Tennessee 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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$34.67$25.70 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$47.86 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $35 to $148Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $24 to $269
$20$50$100$200facility $52professional $35

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
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$32.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$43.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$67.61
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$41.69
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
$12.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$128.82

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 28th of 51

$35.48

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.