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Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray

North Carolina 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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$61.66$48.98 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$48.98 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $45 to $151Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $42 to $141
$50$100$200facility $63professional $62

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
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$128.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$112.20
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$363.08
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 21st of 51

$61.66

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.