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
CT scan of lower spine without contrast
Based on 42,203–89,561 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$44
Average
$1.4k
Median
$690
High
$990.9k
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| 1 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $3.7k | $3.3k | $2.9k | 89% | 1,328 | $337 – $9.2k |
| 2 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $1.1k | $869 | $384 | 44% | 1,110–1,164 | $106 – $1.2k |
| 3 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc. Louisville, KY | $1.7k | $2.8k | $2.7k | 96% | 1,001 | $109 – $9.2k |
| 4 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $122 | $315 | $475 | 151% | 915 | $42 – $2.0k |
| 5 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Paducah, KY | $961 | $2.6k | $2.9k | 111% | 685–694 | $280 – $9.2k |
| 6 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Concord, NC | $726 | $1.0k | $930 | 93% | 675–738 | $44 – $2.9k |
| 7 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Hazard, KY | $162 | $696 | $880 | 126% | 673–709 | $45 – $2.7k |
| 8 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $1.6k | $2.9k | $2.8k | 98% | 642–651 | $325 – $9.3k |
| 9 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Monroe, NC | $465 | $976 | $935 | 96% | 593–647 | $44 – $2.9k |
| 10 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $928 | $1.0k | $971 | 93% | 579–795 | $55 – $2.7k |
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