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Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray

South Dakota 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$115$70.79 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$64.57 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $52 to $151Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $49 to $155
$50$100facility $83professional $115

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
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$134.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 1st of 51

$110

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.