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Lower Back Disc Contrast Imaging

Tennessee 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $95.50 to $2,042.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $148 to $2,570Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $87 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $191professional $151

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
$93.33
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$316.23
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$239.88
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
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$155

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.