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Placement Of Bone Markers For Precision X-Ray Study

California rates for HCPCS 0347T

Tiny metal beads are implanted into bone, usually during another operation, to serve as fixed reference points. Later X-ray studies taken from two angles at once use those points to measure very small movements between a bone and an implant, or between bones. Only the placement of the markers is covered here; the imaging is done separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement Of Bone Markers For Precision X-Ray Study cost?

$4,074

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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$141$123 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,020 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $13,490Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $40 to $5,129
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $141

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
$2,454.71
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$120.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$398.11

Where California sits

The same service costs 37.2 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

California· 1st of 51

$4,074

CA $4,074ND $110

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.