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Myelogram Covering Two or More Spine Regions

Maryland 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $126 to $209.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $76 to $257
$100$200$500professional $170

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$245.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$251.19
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$95.50
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$125.89
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
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 43rd of 51

$170

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.