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Portable X-ray Equipment Transport, One Patient

North Carolina rates for HCPCS R0070

Transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, one patient seen

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Portable X-ray Equipment Transport, One Patient cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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 7 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$178$77.62 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$66.07 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $54 to $195Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $66 to $427
$50$100$200$500facility $78professional $178

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in South Dakota than in Minnesota. 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.

North Carolina· 5th of 51

$178

SD $257MN $58.88

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.