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

Michigan 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $34.67 to $56.23.

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 $41 · 10th to 90th $30 to $83
$20$50$100$200professional $41

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
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
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
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$60.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$70.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$50.12
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$61.66
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$18.62
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$47.86

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 23rd of 51

$40.74

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.