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Single-View Spine X-ray

Maryland rates for HCPCS 72020

This is a single X-ray image of the spine at one specified level, used for a quick, targeted look rather than a full series of views. It can help check alignment or spot an obvious problem such as a compression fracture at a specific spot in the spine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Single-View Spine X-ray cost?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $21.38 to $31.62.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $17 to $71
$10$20$50$100professional $24

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$37.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$27.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.33
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$36.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$39.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.75
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$27.54

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 2.8 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.

Maryland· 41st of 51

$23.99

AK $58.88FL $20.89

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.