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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$39.81$28.18 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$64.57 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $51 to $269Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $22 to $51
$20$50$100$200facility $115professional $40

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
$31.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$37.15
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 31st 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.