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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

Kansas 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $120 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$44.67$37.15 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$43.65 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $44 to $257Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $33 to $251
$50$100$200$500facility $120professional $45

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$47.86
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
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$34.67

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 22nd of 51

$45.71

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.