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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

Nevada 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$38.90$35.48 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$40.74 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $32 to $204Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $31 to $62
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $51professional $39

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
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$63.10
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.13
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$0.16
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$48.98
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$41.69
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
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 39th of 51

$38.90

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.