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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

South Carolina 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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$135$91.20 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,188 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,710Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $65 to $490
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,715professional $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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$323.59
8 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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$141

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.