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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Missouri 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $288 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$148$110 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$219 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $110 to $5,248Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,950
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $288professional $148

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
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$181.97
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
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 25th of 51

$151

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.