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

Louisiana 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $32.36 to $44.67.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $27 to $65
$20$50$100professional $37

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
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$36.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$36.31

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 39th of 51

$37.15

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.