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Myelogram Covering Two or More Spine Regions

Utah 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$95.50$53.70 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$234 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,692Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $35 to $229
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $95

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$128.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
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
$77.62
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 51st of 51

$97.72

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.