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Thoracic Spine X-ray, Four or More Views

Missouri 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $105 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$53.70$43.65 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$64.57 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $49 to $347Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $36 to $288
$50$100$200$500facility $105professional $54

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
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$46.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
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
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
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
$18.62
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$37.15

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 25th of 51

$54.95

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.