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Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray

Maryland 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $47.86 to $74.13.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $20 to $81Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $41 to $105
$20$50$100$200facility $44professional $60

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$104.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$107.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 26th of 51

$60.26

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.