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Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray

Florida 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $105 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 8 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$45.71$37.15 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$38.90 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $33 to $309Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $35 to $71
$20$50$100$200$500facility $105professional $46

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
$33.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$114.82
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$125.89
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$107.15
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$74.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$95.50
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$60.26

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$46.77

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.