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Thoracic Spine X-ray, Four or More Views

Arizona rates for HCPCS 72074

This is an X-ray study of the thoracic spine, the section of the backbone in the middle of the back, using four or more images taken from different angles. The additional views give a more thorough look at the vertebrae than a basic two-view study, helping identify fractures, alignment problems, or degenerative changes. It's often ordered for more involved back concerns than a simpler thoracic spine X-ray would address.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Thoracic Spine X-ray, Four or More Views cost?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$45.71$42.66 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$66.07 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $32 to $234Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $37 to $288
$50$100$200facility $115professional $46

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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$48.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$51.29
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
$20.42
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Arizona· 40th of 51

$45.71

AK $129UT $33.11

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.