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

Massachusetts 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $33.11 to $89.13.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $26 to $138
$20$50$100$200professional $47

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
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$83.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$223.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$95.50
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$74.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.92
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$56.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$223.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$95.50
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$75.86

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$46.77

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.