go back

Placement Of Bone Markers For Precision X-Ray Study

Montana 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 5 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$170$145 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$240 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $174 to $251Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $145 to $245
$200facility $240professional $170

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 27th of 51

$240

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.