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Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray

Ohio 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 9 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$51.29$39.81 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$91.20 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $59 to $224Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $30 to $98
$50$100$200facility $151professional $51

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
$58.88
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$75.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$91.20

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 42nd of 51

$53.70

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.