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 LUMBAR SPINE WO CON
Low
$1
Average
$408
Median
$236
High
$12.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Dignity Community Care Chandler, AZ | $236 | $864 | $1.1k | 127% | 441–513 | $113 – $3.9k |
| 2 | Dignity Health Gilbert, AZ | $236 | $861 | $1.0k | 118% | 376–421 | $113 – $3.6k |
| 3 | Hospital Authority of Colquitt County Moultrie, GA | $3.2k | $2.2k | $1.5k | 68% | 364–382 | $54 – $3.4k |
| 4 | Dignity Health Phoenix, AZ | $236 | $1.3k | $1.4k | 111% | 342–369 | $113 – $4.1k |
| 5 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $170 | $240 | $152 | 63% | 275–293 | $106 – $498 |
| 6 | Dignity Community Care Northridge, CA | $694 | $1.6k | $2.0k | 124% | 247–283 | $135 – $6.7k |
| 7 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $114 | $158 | $60 | 38% | 199–208 | $106 – $244 |
| 8 | Dignity Health Merced, CA | $245 | $1.5k | $2.3k | 155% | 197–251 | $135 – $9.1k |
| 9 | Dignity Health Carmichael, CA | $544 | $1.4k | $1.6k | 112% | 165–228 | $95 – $5.2k |
| 10 | Dignity Community Care Sacramento, CA | $634 | $1.6k | $1.7k | 107% | 150–204 | $95 – $5.2k |
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