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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Massachusetts 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $141 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$126 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$102 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $56 to $2,884Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $76 to $2,042
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $141professional $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
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$102.33
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$575.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$251.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$575.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$302.00
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
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
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$104.71

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$174

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.