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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

Missouri 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$43.65$36.31 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$51.29 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $38 to $347Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $31 to $251
$50$100$200$500facility $93professional $44

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
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$54.95
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
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$32.36

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 25th of 51

$44.67

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.