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X-ray of the Mid-to-Lower Back Transition

Alabama rates for HCPCS 72080

This X-ray study focuses on the section of the spine where the middle back and lower back meet, using images taken from a couple of different angles. It's used to evaluate alignment, injury, or degenerative changes in that transition area. It may be ordered after a fall, for chronic back pain, or as part of a broader look at spinal alignment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does X-ray of the Mid-to-Lower Back Transition cost?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $30.20 to $43.65.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $26 to $55
$20$50$100professional $36

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$40.74

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alabama· 43rd of 51

$36.31

AK $87.10TX $30.90

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.