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Spine X-ray For Vertebral Fractures

Texas rates for HCPCS 77082

A low-dose X-ray image of the spine used to check whether any spinal bones have already collapsed or fractured, often taken at the same visit as a bone density scan. Fractures found this way can be present without ever having caused obvious symptoms.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Spine X-ray For Vertebral Fractures cost?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$129 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$37.15 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $31 to $110Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $129 to $129
$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $129

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$85.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$67.61
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$67.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Arizona 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.

Texas· 15th of 35

$52.48

AZ $129FL $23.99

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.