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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Iowa 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$178$110 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$263 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $219 to $5,129Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $76 to $513
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $380professional $178

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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$223.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$239.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,230.27
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$141.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
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
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$85.11

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$200

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.