Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Spinal Lumbar Puncture
Low
$344
Average
$1.0k
Median
$815
High
$4.3k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
70 payers; the 90th percentile is 3.5× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +40 other terms | 597 | $776 | $1.1k | $1.5k | 131% | 235–262 | $1 – $21.3k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +41 other terms | 672 | $709 | $1.0k | $1.4k | 132% | 165–390 | $1 – $20.4k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +37 other terms | 491 | $903 | $1.4k | $1.7k | 128% | 96–213 | $0 – $18.0k |
| 4 | Ucare professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 35 | $32 | $48 | $25 | 52% | 29–65 | $18 – $106 |
| 5 | Bcbs Mt fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 29 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 6 | Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +5 other terms | 6 | $1.2k | $940 | $275 | 29% | 23–104 | $698 – $1.5k |
| 7 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms | 447 | $686 | $682 | $666 | 98% | 22–94 | $1 – $12.8k |
| 8 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 267 | $544 | $563 | $545 | 97% | 21–39 | $1 – $6.5k |
| 9 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +38 other terms | 164 | $534 | $627 | $934 | 149% | 12–120 | $17 – $6.3k |
| 10 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms | 116 | $1.0k | $1.1k | $997 | 88% | 6–60 | $18 – $5.1k |
| 11 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +39 other terms | 341 | $2.9k | $4.6k | $6.2k | 134% | 3–30 | $1 – $40.7k |
| 12 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms | 62 | $1.2k | $1.5k | $1.5k | 101% | 3–30 | $67 – $7.2k |
| 13 | Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms | 46 | $374 | $391 | $334 | 86% | 3–30 | $36 – $2.2k |
| 14 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 91 | $713 | $1.2k | $1.3k | 115% | 2–20 | $50 – $6.3k |
| 15 | Bcbs Ar fee schedule · both · +2 other terms | 1 | $746 | $746 | — | — | 1–10 | $746 – $746 |
| 16 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms | 203 | $706 | $716 | $432 | 60% | — | $50 – $4.3k |
| 17 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms | 141 | $1.2k | $1.2k | $687 | 56% | — | $1 – $7.3k |
| 18 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +25 other terms | 136 | $2.8k | $2.5k | $1.1k | 43% | — | $1.1k – $7.5k |
| 19 | Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms | 120 | $1.1k | $1.1k | $548 | 48% | — | $37 – $2.3k |
| 20 | Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 111 | $706 | $727 | $475 | 65% | — | $54 – $4.9k |
| 21 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 94 | $332 | $357 | $245 | 69% | — | $49 – $2.5k |
| 22 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 87 | $681 | $706 | $576 | 82% | — | $1 – $4.3k |
| 23 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms | 77 | $636 | $724 | $547 | 76% | — | $57 – $3.1k |
| 24 | Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 70 | $946 | $1.1k | $858 | 80% | — | $44 – $3.8k |
| 25 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +6 other terms | 58 | $2.2k | $1.9k | $513 | 27% | — | $1.2k – $3.0k |
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