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Mastoid Bone X-Ray, Limited

Virginia 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$41.69$35.48 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$23.44 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $11 to $186Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $30 to $58
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $47professional $42

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
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$51.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$45.71
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$97.72
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$69.18
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.42
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$50.12
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
$15.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
27 · Multiple hospital visits
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 29th of 51

$41.69

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.