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
$314
Median
$180
High
$18.7k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1316 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 5.9× 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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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 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $188 | $188 | $84 | 45% | 387 | $104 – $272 |
| 2 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI professional · other · both | 1 | $61 | $61 | — | — | 294 | $61 – $61 |
| 3 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $106 | $106 | — | — | 85 | $106 – $106 |
| 4 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, IN other · both | 4 | $389 | $374 | $63 | 17% | 23–59 | $267 – $435 |
| 5 | Capital Health System Inc Browns Mills, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $1.2k | $1.2k | $87 | 7% | 16–34 | $1.1k – $1.3k |
| 6 | Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $431 | $426 | $82 | 19% | 8–80 | $281 – $515 |
| 7 | RIDEOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Marysville, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.7k | $1.8k | $831 | 47% | 4–40 | $876 – $2.9k |
| 8 | Benefis Hospitals Inc Helena, MT other · outpatient | 1 | $107 | $107 | — | — | 3–30 | $107 – $107 |
| 9 | Saint Luke’s Hospital of Chillicothe Chillicothe, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 17 | $203 | $194 | $12 | 6% | 3–30 | $173 – $203 |
| 10 | Saint Luke’s South Hospital, Inc Leawood, KS fee schedule · both | 8 | $48 | $48 | $4 | 7% | 3–30 | $43 – $53 |
| 11 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $224 | $250 | $75 | 30% | 2–20 | $173 – $352 |
| 12 | Allina Health Systems Shakopee, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $181 | $187 | $68 | 36% | 2–20 | $70 – $268 |
| 13 | Allina Health Systems Owatonna, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $181 | $187 | $68 | 36% | 2–20 | $70 – $268 |
| 14 | Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $181 | $187 | $68 | 36% | 2–20 | $70 – $268 |
| 15 | Allina Health Systems Faribualt, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $181 | $187 | $68 | 36% | 2–20 | $70 – $268 |
| 16 | Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $181 | $187 | $68 | 36% | 2–20 | $70 – $268 |
| 17 | Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital St. Peters, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $56 | $56 | $0 | 0% | 2–20 | $56 – $56 |
| 18 | Bexar County Hospital District San Antonio, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $268 | $268 | $13 | 5% | 2–20 | $255 – $280 |
| 19 | Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $186 | $186 | $95 | 51% | 2–20 | $92 – $281 |
| 20 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $37 | $37 | — | — | 2–20 | $37 – $37 |
| 21 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $241 | $241 | $18 | 7% | 2–20 | $223 – $259 |
| 22 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $37 | $37 | — | — | 2–20 | $37 – $37 |
| 23 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $241 | $241 | $18 | 7% | 2–20 | $223 – $259 |
| 24 | East Carolina Health-Bertie Windsor, NC percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $426 | $428 | $88 | 21% | 2–20 | $339 – $520 |
| 25 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles., LA fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $165 | $165 | $68 | 41% | 2–20 | $97 – $233 |
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