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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, 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 $95.50 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$43.65$32.36 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$95.50 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $44 to $132Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $26 to $58
$50$100$200facility $95professional $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
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
2 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
$16.60
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.79

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 24th 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.