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X-Ray Guidance For Spinal Bone Cement Repair

California rates for HCPCS 72291

Covers the live X-ray guidance and the radiologist's interpretation during a procedure that stabilizes a collapsed or weakened spinal bone by injecting bone cement into it through a needle. Moving X-ray pictures steer the needle in and show the cement filling the bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does X-Ray Guidance For Spinal Bone Cement Repair cost?

$1,023

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $407 to $1,479.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,023Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $1,479

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,584.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68

Where California sits

The same service costs 28.8 times more in Georgia than in Washington. 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.

California· 5th of 35

$1,023

GA $1,738WA $60.26

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.