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Scoliosis Spine X-ray Study

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 72090

X-ray study of the spine to assess a sideways curve, taking images both lying down and standing up so the curve can be measured and compared. The two positions show how large the curve is and how much it changes when the spine bears weight.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Scoliosis Spine X-ray Study cost?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $135 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$61.66$60.26 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$115 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $78 to $316Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $60 to $120
$20$50$100$200facility $135professional $62

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$316.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Massachusetts than in Florida. 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.

Minnesota· 16th of 35

$75.86

MA $240FL $35.48

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.