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

Delaware 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $33.11 to $74.13.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $30 to $93
$20$50$100professional $38

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
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$61.66

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 32nd of 51

$38.02

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.