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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Minnesota 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$229$170 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$115 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $115 to $4,898Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $115 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $331professional $229

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
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$891.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$309.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$575.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$114.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$218.78
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$229

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.