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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Louisiana 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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$123$100 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$1,318 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $240 to $3,715Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $68 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $123

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
$114.82
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$257.04
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$102.33

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 35th of 51

$138

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.