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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Florida 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$85.11$72.44 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$148 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $76 to $5,129Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $50 to $251
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $85

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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$97.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$223.87
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,698.24
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$363.08
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$58.88
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$186.21
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
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
$36.31
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$85.11

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.