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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Arizona 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $288 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$110 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$166 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,230Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,950
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $288professional $129

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$186.21
4 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
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 37th of 51

$135

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.