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Myelogram Covering Two or More Spine Regions

Alabama rates for HCPCS 72270

X-ray imaging of the spinal canal after contrast is injected through a needle into the fluid around the spinal cord. The contrast outlines the cord and nerve roots and shows where they are being pressed on by a disc, a bone spur, or a narrowed canal. This version covers more than one region of the spine, for example the neck and the mid-back, in the same study.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Myelogram Covering Two or More Spine Regions cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $851 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$178$135 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$851 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,000Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $120 to $263
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $851professional $178

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$218.78
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
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 33rd of 51

$195

AK $447UT $97.72

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.