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Reading a Dye Study of the Neck Spine

Illinois rates for HCPCS 72240

Covers performing and interpreting an imaging study of the neck in which contrast dye is placed into the fluid-filled space around the spinal cord, and images are then taken. The dye outlines the cord and nerve roots and shows where a disc, bone spur, or narrowing is pressing on them.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Reading a Dye Study of the Neck Spine cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$145$105 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$209 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,349Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $66 to $257
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $145

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
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$213.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$389.05
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$436.52
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$177.83
3 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Illinois· 26th of 51

$151

AK $347UT $75.86

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.