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Reading a Dye Study of the Neck Spine

Rhode Island 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$138 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$1,175 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $1,820Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $112 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,514professional $145

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
2 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
$50.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 27th of 51

$148

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.