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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

Minnesota 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$74.13$54.95 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$39.81 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $40 to $355Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $40 to $178
$20$50$100$200$500facility $110professional $74

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
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$97.72
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$302.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$66.07
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$239.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$112.20
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.12
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$87.10
5 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
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.11

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$74.13

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.