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Thoracic Spine X-ray, Four or More Views

Iowa 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $120 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$67.61$41.69 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$87.10 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $85 to $282Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $25 to $112
$20$50$100$200facility $120professional $68

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
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$128.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$91.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$107.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$269.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$60.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$87.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
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
$19.05
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.88

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$70.79

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.