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Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray

Indiana 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 6 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$48.98$40.74 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$66.07 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $34 to $355Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $28 to $81
$20$50$100$200facility $186professional $49

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
$48.98
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$89.13

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 48th of 51

$48.98

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.