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
Low
$1
Average
$281
Median
$176
High
$28.4k
Each hospital's average Aetna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1947 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 6.7× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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3,410 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Aetna 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 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $325 | $325 | — | — | 67 | $325 – $325 |
| 2 | The Toledo Hospital Maumee, OH facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $93 | $95 | $2 | 3% | 39–57 | $93 – $99 |
| 3 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Corbin, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $549 | $549 | $449 | 82% | 28 | $100 – $998 |
| 4 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Paducah, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $282 | $282 | $182 | 65% | 22 | $100 – $465 |
| 5 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $543 | $543 | — | — | 18 | $543 – $543 |
| 6 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Lexington, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $516 | $436 | $239 | 55% | 15 | $112 – $681 |
| 7 | DIGNITY HEALTH Santa Maria, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $245 | $218 | $48 | 22% | 9–90 | $135 – $245 |
| 8 | Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $781 | $742 | $96 | 13% | 4–40 | $566 – $843 |
| 9 | Benefis Hospitals Inc Helena, MT other · outpatient | 1 | $107 | $107 | — | — | 3–30 | $107 – $107 |
| 10 | AnMed Health Anderson, SC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $499 | $499 | — | — | 2–20 | $499 – $499 |
| 11 | Boulder Community Health Lafayette, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $253 | $304 | $79 | 26% | 2–20 | $242 – $416 |
| 12 | Buchanan County Health Center Independence, IA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $301 | $301 | $132 | 44% | 2–20 | $169 – $433 |
| 13 | Carilion New River Valley Medical Center Christiansburg, VA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $312 | $340 | $43 | 13% | 2–20 | $307 – $400 |
| 14 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Rockford, MI facility · other · both | 1 | $102 | $102 | — | — | 2–20 | $102 – $102 |
| 15 | Methodist Hospitals of Dallas Richardson, TX other · both | 3 | $170 | $148 | $31 | 21% | 2–20 | $105 – $170 |
| 16 | Methodist Hospitals of Dallas Richardson, TX other · both | 3 | $170 | $148 | $31 | 21% | 2–20 | $105 – $170 |
| 17 | Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet Joliet, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $723 | $723 | — | — | 2–20 | $723 – $723 |
| 18 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $555 | $544 | $111 | 20% | 2–20 | $403 – $674 |
| 19 | WRMC Hospital Operating Corporation North Wilkesboro, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $175 | $186 | $34 | 18% | 2–20 | $155 – $240 |
| 20 | Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville, SC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $177 | $177 | $71 | 40% | 1–10 | $106 – $249 |
| 21 | Alton Memorial Hospital Alton, IL fee schedule · both | 1 | $92 | $92 | — | — | 1–10 | $92 – $92 |
| 22 | Aurora BayCare Medical Center Green Bay, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $653 | $653 | — | — | 1–10 | $653 – $653 |
| 23 | Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Inc Milwaukee, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $653 | $653 | — | — | 1–10 | $653 – $653 |
| 24 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Elizabethtown, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $265 | $243 | $99 | 41% | 1–10 | $112 – $353 |
| 25 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Richmond, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $385 | $338 | $168 | 50% | 1–10 | $112 – $517 |
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