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

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $28.84 to $43.65.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $23 to $65
$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
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$36.31

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 34th 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.