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Myelogram Covering Two or More Spine Regions

Arkansas 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$195$162 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$661 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $316 to $977Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $145 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $195

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
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$281.84
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
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.11

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 29th of 51

$204

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.