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Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray

Maine 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$63.10$50.12 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$214 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $195 to $240Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $38 to $141
$50$100$200facility $224professional $63

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
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$138.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$138.04

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 14th of 51

$64.57

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.