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Myelogram Covering Two or More Spine Regions

Georgia 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 Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $251 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$151 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$166 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $117 to $347Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $123 to $427
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $191

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
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$741.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$269.15
3 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
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 32nd 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.