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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

Massachusetts 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$52.48$39.81 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$36.31 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $12 to $229Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $27 to $251
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $50professional $52

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
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$30.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$251.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$54.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$100.00
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$128.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.92
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$93.33
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$251.19
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$54.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$70.79
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$15.14
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$56.23
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$31.62
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
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 16th of 51

$52.48

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.