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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Michigan 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$126$105 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$151 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $135 to $398Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $74 to $191
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $204professional $126

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
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$295.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$389.05
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$181.97
5 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
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$107.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 40th of 51

$126

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.