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Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray

Rhode Island 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 4 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$46.77$45.71 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$132 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $105 to $324Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $37 to $98
$50$100$200facility $186professional $47

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
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 50th of 51

$46.77

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.