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Myelogram Covering Two or More Spine Regions

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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$224$138 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$1,047 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,148Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $123 to $427
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,047professional $224

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
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$302.00
2 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
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$58.88

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 16th 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.