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Myelogram Covering Two or More Spine Regions

Minnesota 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$282$219 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$155 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $155 to $2,239Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $155 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437professional $282

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
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$501.19
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$691.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$446.68
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$251.19
5 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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$288

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.