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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

Rhode Island 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$46.77$35.48 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$145 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $123 to $288Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $31 to $65
$50$100$200$500facility $224professional $47

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
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
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 18th of 51

$47.86

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.