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Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray

South 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $120 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 7 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$44.67 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$64.57 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $45 to $229Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $39 to $105
$50$100$200$500facility $120professional $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
$44.67
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$102.33

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 38th of 51

$54.95

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.