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Myelogram Covering Two or More Spine Regions

Iowa 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$135 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$389 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,089Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $76 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $437professional $229

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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$218.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$257.04
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$147.91
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
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 15th of 51

$234

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.