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Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray

Colorado rates for HCPCS 77071

This service covers a healthcare professional manually applying gentle stress or pressure to a joint while X-ray images are taken, to reveal instability or looseness that would not show up on a standard resting image. It is typically added on to a joint X-ray, and the opposite, uninjured joint is often imaged the same way for comparison.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray cost?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 7 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$57.54$45.71 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$58.88 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $48 to $339Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $40 to $145
$50$100$200facility $91professional $58

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
$57.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$109.65
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$112.20
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$208.93
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$114.82

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in South Dakota 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.

Colorado· 33rd of 51

$57.54

SD $110FL $46.77

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.