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Spine X-ray For Vertebral Fractures

Wisconsin 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 6 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$50.12$44.67 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$45.71 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $28 to $132Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $41 to $129
$50$100$200facility $71professional $50

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$50.12
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$61.66
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 18th of 35

$50.12

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.