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
HB N Block Lumbar/Thoracic
Low
$10
Average
$2.0k
Median
$1.5k
High
$49.0k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $1.7k | $2.3k | $1.2k | 51% | 14–41 | $1.3k – $4.3k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Wheaton, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 9 | $2.6k | $2.4k | $651 | 27% | 11–110 | $400 – $2.9k |
| 3 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 9–90 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 4 | Capital Health System Inc Browns Mills, NJ other · outpatient | 3 | $2.8k | $2.8k | $7 | 0% | 9–90 | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 5 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Grayslake, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 7 | $829 | $1.1k | $814 | 71% | 9–90 | $609 – $3.7k |
| 6 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.8k | $2.7k | $13 | 0% | 8–80 | $2.7k – $2.8k |
| 7 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $1.7k | $1.9k | $966 | 52% | 8–80 | $974 – $4.9k |
| 8 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA fee schedule · both | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 3–30 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 9 | HH HEALTH SYSTEM DEKALB REGIONAL Payne, AL fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $1.5k | $1.7k | $347 | 20% | 3–30 | $1.5k – $2.2k |
| 10 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.1k | $2.8k | $982 | 35% | 3–30 | $2.1k – $4.2k |
| 11 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.4k | $1.4k | $471 | 34% | 2–20 | $931 – $1.9k |
| 12 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.4k | $1.4k | $471 | 34% | 2–20 | $931 – $1.9k |
| 13 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Grayslake, IL other · outpatient | 2 | $476 | $476 | — | — | 2–20 | $476 – $476 |
| 14 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 15 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $821 | $821 | $606 | 74% | 2–20 | $215 – $1.4k |
| 16 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS case rate · both | 7 | $3.1k | $2.9k | $579 | 20% | 2–20 | $2.1k – $3.6k |
| 17 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, TX other · outpatient | 2 | $1.9k | $1.9k | $131 | 7% | 2–20 | $1.8k – $2.1k |
| 18 | AnMed Health Anderson, SC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 19 | Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corporation Parkersburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.9k | $3.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.9k – $3.9k |
| 20 | Christian Hospital St. Louis, MO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 21 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH DYER DYER, IN other · outpatient | 3 | $2.8k | $2.7k | $295 | 11% | 1–10 | $2.3k – $3.0k |
| 22 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, IN other · outpatient | 4 | $19.5k | $26.2k | $23.8k | 91% | 1–10 | $2.3k – $57.3k |
| 23 | Hillsdale Hospital Hillsdale, MI percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 24 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA fee schedule · both | 2 | $1.1k | $1.1k | $219 | 20% | 1–10 | $875 – $1.3k |
| 25 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 10 | $2.9k | $2.5k | $839 | 33% | 1–10 | $661 – $3.1k |
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