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Myelogram Covering Two or More Spine Regions

Illinois 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 Illinois, 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 $708 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$145 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$269 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,479Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $91 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $708professional $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
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$275.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$389.05
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$331.13
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$239.88
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
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 31st 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.