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Procedure price report · Radioisotope scan and function studies

Dye X-ray study of lower back spinal discs

CPT 72295the billing code this page is about

Covers the X-ray imaging and interpretation after contrast dye is injected into one or more discs of the lower spine; the disc puncture is billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $2,510 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,522 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,736. Most fall between $1,360 and $5,184 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,522
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,522 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$835$1,633$2,510$4,363$7,504

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($835 vs $7,504).

How the prices are spread

$597 – $780: 56 hospitals$597$780 – $1,021: 84 hospitals$1,021 – $1,336: 84 hospitals$1,021$1,336 – $1,747: 147 hospitals$1,747 – $2,286: 208 hospitals$1,747$2,286 – $2,990: 246 hospitals$2,990 – $3,912: 167 hospitals$2,990$3,912 – $5,118: 148 hospitals$5,118 – $6,695: 117 hospitals$5,118$6,695 – $8,758: 117 hospitals$6,695median $2,510price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,374 of 1,522 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$597$78056
$780$1,02184
$1,021$1,33684
$1,336$1,747147
$1,747$2,286208
$2,286$2,990246
$2,990$3,912167
$3,912$5,118148
$5,118$6,695117
$6,695$8,758117

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,995
Median cash price$2,510
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.26×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,510.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,362 across 33 hospitalsWA$2,362Idaho: median $4,330 across 12 hospitalsID$4,330Montana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,049 across 16 hospitalsMN$1,049Illinois: median $3,420 across 60 hospitalsIL$3,420Wisconsin: median $2,485 across 71 hospitalsWI$2,485Michigan: median $2,346 across 52 hospitalsMI$2,346New York: median $2,318 across 53 hospitalsNY$2,318Massachusetts: median $7,620 across 23 hospitalsMA$7,620Oregon: median $5,766 across 15 hospitalsOR$5,766Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,306 across 14 hospitalsIA$2,306Indiana: median $2,692 across 40 hospitalsIN$2,692Ohio: median $2,909 across 95 hospitalsOH$2,909Pennsylvania: median $3,259 across 59 hospitalsPA$3,259New Jersey: median $2,264 across 42 hospitalsNJ$2,264Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,350 across 134 hospitalsCA$3,350Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,863 across 39 hospitalsCO$2,863Nebraska: median $1,723 across 20 hospitalsNE$1,723Missouri: median $3,407 across 22 hospitalsMO$3,407Kentucky: median $2,564 across 28 hospitalsKY$2,564West Virginia: median $2,197 across 14 hospitalsWV$2,197Virginia: median $2,090 across 35 hospitalsVA$2,090Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,035 across 37 hospitalsAZ$1,035New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,191 across 18 hospitalsKS$2,191Arkansas: median $1,230 across 11 hospitalsAR$1,230Tennessee: median $1,191 across 33 hospitalsTN$1,191North Carolina: median $1,834 across 51 hospitalsNC$1,834South Carolina: median $1,675 across 36 hospitalsSC$1,675Oklahoma: median $1,790 across 30 hospitalsOK$1,790Louisiana: median $1,566 across 25 hospitalsLA$1,566Mississippi: median $1,149 across 13 hospitalsMS$1,149Alabama: median $2,660 across 15 hospitalsAL$2,660Georgia: median $1,823 across 60 hospitalsGA$1,823Hawaii: median $3,767 across 10 hospitalsHI$3,767Texas: median $2,358 across 138 hospitalsTX$2,358Florida: median $3,022 across 103 hospitalsFL$3,022
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,510. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA23$7,620+204%$3,008 – $10,802
Oregon OR15$5,766+130%$3,264 – $8,630
Idaho ID12$4,330+73%$2,264 – $7,978
Hawaii HI10$3,767+50%$1,520 – $5,006
Illinois IL60$3,420+36%$2,170 – $4,476
Missouri MO22$3,407+36%$1,968 – $6,543
California CA134$3,350+33%$1,887 – $6,434
Pennsylvania PA59$3,259+30%$2,204 – $6,705
Florida FL103$3,022+20%$1,660 – $6,599
Ohio OH95$2,909+16%$1,719 – $4,474
Colorado CO39$2,863+14%$2,062 – $7,309
Indiana IN40$2,692+7%$1,228 – $3,913
Alabama AL15$2,660+6%$1,742 – $6,077
Kentucky KY28$2,564+2%$1,275 – $8,165
Wisconsin WI71$2,485−1%$1,024 – $3,018
Washington WA33$2,362−6%$2,030 – $4,517
Texas TX138$2,358−6%$1,513 – $5,618
Michigan MI52$2,346−6%$1,210 – $7,115
New York NY53$2,318−8%$1,293 – $4,572
Iowa IA14$2,306−8%$1,977 – $3,152
New Jersey NJ42$2,264−10%$702 – $7,783
West Virginia WV14$2,197−12%$171 – $3,611
Kansas KS18$2,191−13%$1,479 – $4,363
Virginia VA35$2,090−17%$1,186 – $2,551
North Carolina NC51$1,834−27%$1,476 – $2,912
Georgia GA60$1,823−27%$677 – $4,960
Oklahoma OK30$1,790−29%$890 – $3,303
Nebraska NE20$1,723−31%$554 – $2,306
South Carolina SC36$1,675−33%$1,652 – $3,706
Louisiana LA25$1,566−38%$545 – $2,963
Arkansas AR11$1,230−51%$936 – $2,416
Tennessee TN33$1,191−53%$788 – $5,181
Mississippi MS13$1,149−54%$893 – $1,669
Minnesota MN16$1,049−58%$568 – $1,481
Arizona AZ37$1,035−59%$772 – $5,791
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,510.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,360$2,510$1,426 – $5,272
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access142$2,485$835 – $4,274
Ownership
For-profit241$3,779$1,719 – $7,365
Government196$2,100$1,089 – $4,143
Non-profit1,082$2,508$1,331 – $4,572
System affiliation
Part of a system1,332$2,510$1,360 – $5,351
Independent190$2,416$1,440 – $4,334

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,343
Median cash price$2,510
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,133 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,551 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,712; most fall between $1,322 and $5,006.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,133 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$866$1,549$2,551$4,274$6,879

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($866 vs $6,879).

Of the 1,264 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,133 gave a usable cash price; 82 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 47 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,522 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (38%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,729 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,522
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here148
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded57
Hospitals that filed this code1,729

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Radioisotope scan and function studies family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Diskograpy Lumbar Rs&I|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Dye X-ray study of lower back spinal discs (CPT 72295) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-72295-dye-x-ray-study-of-lower-back-spinal-discs