CT scan of spine with contrast dye

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.

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

CT Thoracic Spine W/Contrast Material

Payers reporting CPT 72129

Payer pricing summary

Low

$115

Average

$931

Median

$740

High

$4.1k

Payer rate distribution

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1	Medicare other · both · +22 other terms	45	$186	$285	$380	133%	15–150	$163 – $2.5k
2	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms	214	$466	$420	$560	133%	4–40	$4 – $7.7k
3	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +37 other terms	533	$430	$594	$717	121%	3–30	$1 – $10.4k
4	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms	442	$207	$481	$824	171%	3–30	$1 – $8.0k
5	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +39 other terms	782	$337	$441	$664	151%	2–20	$1 – $10.2k
6	Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +3 other terms	5	$436	$432	$154	36%	2–20	$76 – $545
7	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +38 other terms	627	$287	$743	$1.0k	137%	1–10	$1 – $9.3k
8	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms	354	$501	$822	$1.2k	150%	1–10	$32 – $12.0k
9	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms	265	$217	$240	$135	56%	1–10	$1 – $1.7k
10	Bcbs Mt fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	1	$409	$409	—	—	1–10	$409 – $409
11	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	187	$190	$230	$148	64%	—	$61 – $1.1k
12	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	135	$2.5k	$2.7k	$3.1k	114%	—	$1 – $14.7k
13	Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	118	$289	$283	$247	87%	—	$46 – $2.0k
14	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms	114	$355	$747	$1.3k	176%	—	$1 – $9.2k
15	Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	112	$176	$198	$303	153%	—	$152 – $4.9k
16	Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	96	$176	$234	$424	181%	—	$49 – $4.6k
17	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	93	$267	$333	$236	71%	—	$1 – $1.2k
18	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	87	$191	$205	$73	36%	—	$93 – $645
19	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	76	$267	$406	$476	117%	—	$43 – $2.5k
20	Optum facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	69	$170	$190	$106	56%	—	$151 – $1.1k
21	Oscar facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	69	$256	$253	$53	21%	—	$163 – $330
22	Medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	65	$186	$202	$69	34%	—	$88 – $386
23	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	64	$937	$1.9k	$2.9k	158%	—	$68 – $12.8k
24	Amerihealth Caritas facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	57	$182	$248	$142	57%	—	$88 – $693
25	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	52	$520	$942	$1.0k	107%	—	$54 – $3.1k

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