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Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray

New Mexico 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 New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$58.88$44.67 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$67.61 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $51 to $447Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $41 to $123
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $85professional $59

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
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$63.10
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$114.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$104.71

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 19th 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.