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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Alabama rates for HCPCS 72295

This is a diagnostic imaging study of a disc in the lower back, performed after contrast dye is injected directly into the disc under X-ray guidance. The images and the pattern of any pain reproduced during the injection help determine whether that disc is a source of back pain.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging cost?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$102 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$851 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,344Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $87 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $120

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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$234.42
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
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Alabama· 31st of 51

$141

AK $339FL $85.11

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.