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Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray

Iowa 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $145 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$57.54$46.77 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$93.33 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $47 to $269Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $42 to $174
$50$100$200facility $145professional $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
$46.77
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$354.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$131.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$147.91
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$112.20
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 30th of 51

$58.88

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.