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Myelogram Covering Two or More Spine Regions

Oklahoma 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $269 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$148$126 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$229 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $162 to $977Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,698
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $269professional $148

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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$194.98
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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 41st of 51

$174

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.