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Manual Stress Positioning for Joint X-ray

West Virginia 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$57.54$51.29 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$51.29 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $51 to $178Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $41 to $123
$50$100$200facility $51professional $58

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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$123.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$100.00

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 31st of 51

$57.54

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.