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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Mississippi 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$97.72 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,951 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $4,266Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $72 to $288
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,631professional $135

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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$218.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$302.00
2 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
$85.11
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 22nd of 51

$162

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.