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Thoracic Spine X-ray, Four or More Views

Louisiana 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$46.77$38.90 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$95.50 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $63 to $240Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $28 to $63
$50$100$200facility $110professional $47

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
$32.36
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$39.81
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$40.74

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 31st of 51

$51.29

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.