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Myelogram Covering Two or More Spine Regions

Louisiana 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$138 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$389 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,698Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $93 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $741professional $166

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
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$199.53
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$182

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.