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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

Iowa 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?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $105 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$67.61$43.65 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$74.13 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $62 to $282Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $34 to $115
$20$50$100$200facility $105professional $68

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
$33.11
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$89.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$89.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$194.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$51.29
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
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
$16.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$29.51

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$67.61

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.