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Lower Back X-Ray, Two or Three Views

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 72100

An X-ray of the lower spine taken from a couple of different angles to evaluate the bones of the lower back and their alignment. It's used to look for fractures, arthritis, disc space narrowing, or alignment problems following injury or with ongoing lower back pain. Multiple angles give a fuller picture than a single image alone.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lower Back X-Ray, Two or Three Views cost?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $107 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$31.62 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$72.44 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $49 to $245Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $25 to $55
$50$100$200facility $107professional $41

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$51.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$37.15
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in Vermont 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.

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$43.65

VT $389FL $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.