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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Maryland 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $89.13 to $155.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $46 to $200
$50$100$200professional $110

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$154.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$229.09
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$64.57
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$141.25
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
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$110

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.