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

Iowa 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $33.11 to $95.50.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $30 to $186
$20$50$100$200professional $44

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
$9.12
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$74.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$147.91
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$46.77
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$208.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$131.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$39.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$93.33
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$32.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$63.10
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$54.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$70.79
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$50.12

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 17th of 51

$43.65

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.