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
HC LUMBAR SPINE FLEX/EXT ONLY
Prices here combine facility and professional fees. See them separately →Experimental
Based on 6,173–14,444 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$8
Average
$302
Median
$201
High
$53.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $187 | $169 | $40 | 24% | 963–1,026 | $58 – $244 |
| 2 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC | $107 | $165 | $96 | 58% | 891–936 | $88 – $325 |
| 3 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $223 | $342 | $292 | 86% | 718–790 | $83 – $897 |
| 4 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $186 | $261 | $216 | 83% | 432–459 | $11 – $573 |
| 5 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Paducah, KY | $520 | $822 | $727 | 89% | 382–400 | $100 – $2.5k |
| 6 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $999 | $998 | $710 | 71% | 349–358 | $100 – $2.5k |
| 7 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $48 | $59 | $44 | 74% | 309–444 | $8 – $206 |
| 8 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Elizabethtown, KY | $486 | $800 | $731 | 91% | 165–192 | $106 – $2.5k |
| 9 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $616 | $860 | $736 | 86% | 146–155 | $106 – $2.5k |
| 10 | Southeast Hospital dba Mercy Hospital Southeast Girardeau, MO | $173 | $216 | $148 | 69% | 130–184 | $29 – $672 |
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