go back

Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Oregon 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $145 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$166 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$81.28 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $72 to $537Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $132 to $324
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $145professional $214

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$234.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$331.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$102.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$218.78
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$6,025.60
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$117.49
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
4 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
$50.12
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 13th of 51

$200

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.