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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Georgia 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $182 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$145$117 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$110 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $89 to $347Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $93 to $380
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $182professional $145

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
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$123.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$831.76
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$288.40
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
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$83.18

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 27th of 51

$148

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.