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

Illinois 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $31.62 to $60.26.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $18 to $91
$20$50$100$200professional $43

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
$17.38
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$47.86
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$204.17
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$77.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$147.91
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$45.71
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$32.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$56.23

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 18th of 51

$42.66

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.