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Contrast X-Ray Of The Space Around The Spinal Cord

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 72275

Contrast dye is injected into the epidural space — the narrow layer just outside the tough covering of the spinal cord — and X-ray pictures are taken as it spreads. The pattern shows scarring, narrowing, or blockage and confirms where injected medication is actually reaching. Interpreting and reporting the images is part of the service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contrast X-Ray Of The Space Around The Spinal Cord cost?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $501 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$209$209 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$398 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,072Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $209 to $417
$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $209

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 28.8 times more in Kansas than in South Carolina. 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· 15th of 41

$263

KS $871SC $30.20

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.