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Reading a Dye Study of the Neck Spine

Michigan 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $174 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$110 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$129 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $115 to $331Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $105 to $174
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $174professional $132

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
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$213.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$107.15
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$147.91
5 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
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$107.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 38th of 51

$132

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.