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

South Dakota 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $36.31 to $67.61.

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 $52 · 10th to 90th $33 to $83
$50$100professional $52

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
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$69.18
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$74.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$208.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$52.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$54.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 9th of 51

$52.48

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.