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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 October 2026.

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

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $178 to $339.

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 $66 · 10th to 90th $66 to $66Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $100 to $437
$100$200$500facility $66professional $257

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
7 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
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.90

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Nebraska 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.

North Carolina· 4th of 51

$257

NE $324FL $66.07

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.