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Reading a Dye Study of the Neck Spine

Ohio 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$120$91.20 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$234 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $191 to $2,512Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $60 to $219
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $120

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
$104.71
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$204.17
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$323.59
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$181.97
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
$54.95
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$95.50

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 43rd of 51

$120

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.