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Placement Of Bone Markers For Precision X-Ray Study

North Carolina 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 6 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$148$135 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$513 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $135 to $7,586Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $135 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $148

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
$134.90
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$166

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.