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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

New Jersey 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$37.15$29.51 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$72.44 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $43 to $437Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $28 to $63
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $117professional $37

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
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$51.29
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$46.77
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.45
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$51.29
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
$13.18
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.20

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 42nd of 51

$37.15

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.