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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Nevada 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $158 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$123$107 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$129 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $100 to $3,715Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $100 to $234
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $158professional $123

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
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$263.03
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$181.97
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$218.78
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
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 44th of 51

$123

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.