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Thoracic Spine X-ray, Four or More Views

Michigan 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$50.12$45.71 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$53.70 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $51 to $170Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $35 to $72
$20$50$100$200facility $76professional $50

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
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$40.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$79.43
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$269.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$57.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$21.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
5 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
$21.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$40.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 35th of 51

$50.12

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.