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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Illinois 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $575 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$93.33 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$224 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $105 to $2,818Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $60 to $380
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $148

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
$93.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$354.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$851.14
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$436.52
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$467.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$218.78
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
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 24th of 51

$155

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.