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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

Oregon 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$70.79$53.70 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$20.89 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $16 to $234Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $39 to $112
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $55professional $71

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$112.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$77.62
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$58.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$87.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.99
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$87.10
4 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
$16.98
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 10th of 51

$66.07

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.