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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

Illinois 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$38.90$33.11 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$75.86 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $44 to $309Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $13 to $71
$20$50$100$200$500facility $115professional $39

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
$32.36
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$47.86
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$123.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$36.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$87.10
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
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
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 30th of 51

$41.69

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.