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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

Georgia rates for HCPCS 70120

A limited set of X-ray images of the mastoid bones, the honeycombed bone just behind each ear. Only a small number of views of each side is taken rather than the full series from every angle. It gives a quick look for infection or fluid in the air spaces behind the ear.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited cost?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$35.48 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$41.69 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $32 to $102Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $30 to $83
$20$50$100$200facility $59professional $41

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$81.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$27.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$93.33
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$66.07
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.18

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska 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.

Georgia· 33rd of 51

$40.74

AK $112FL $28.84

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.