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 CT LUMBAR SPINE W/CONTRAST
Low
$127
Average
$1.1k
Median
$927
High
$4.1k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
72 payers; the 90th percentile is 6.0× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | Medicare other · both · +22 other terms | 47 | $369 | $458 | $357 | 78% | 47–254 | $326 – $2.4k |
| 2 | Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +3 other terms | 5 | $436 | $460 | $103 | 22% | 35–71 | $208 – $545 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +38 other terms | 536 | $697 | $844 | $807 | 96% | 25–70 | $1 – $11.9k |
| 4 | Bcbs Mt fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 1 | $820 | $820 | — | — | 20 | $820 – $820 |
| 5 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms | 216 | $542 | $456 | $603 | 132% | 11–110 | $8 – $7.7k |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +39 other terms | 789 | $609 | $648 | $718 | 111% | 5–50 | $1 – $10.5k |
| 7 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +39 other terms | 630 | $430 | $827 | $1.0k | 121% | 5–50 | $1 – $9.7k |
| 8 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 444 | $374 | $568 | $817 | 144% | 5–50 | $1 – $8.4k |
| 9 | Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms | 356 | $598 | $939 | $1.3k | 137% | 5–50 | $32 – $12.0k |
| 10 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 266 | $356 | $338 | $185 | 55% | 2–20 | $1 – $1.6k |
| 11 | Medical Mutual fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 18 | $912 | $905 | $439 | 49% | 2–20 | $167 – $2.2k |
| 12 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms | 186 | $372 | $378 | $187 | 49% | 1–10 | $46 – $1.4k |
| 13 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 64 | $1.1k | $2.0k | $3.1k | 151% | 1–10 | $68 – $12.8k |
| 14 | Carefirst facility · fee schedule · both · +15 other terms | 24 | $356 | $466 | $290 | 62% | 1–10 | $183 – $1.1k |
| 15 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 134 | $2.7k | $3.0k | $3.2k | 107% | — | $74 – $14.7k |
| 16 | Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 118 | $586 | $473 | $329 | 70% | — | $46 – $2.1k |
| 17 | Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 113 | $350 | $374 | $299 | 80% | — | $302 – $4.9k |
| 18 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms | 113 | $582 | $1.0k | $1.5k | 147% | — | $0 – $8.0k |
| 19 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 98 | $350 | $393 | $394 | 100% | — | $96 – $4.6k |
| 20 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 92 | $380 | $417 | $237 | 57% | — | $1 – $1.4k |
| 21 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 90 | $189 | $236 | $136 | 58% | — | $175 – $1.3k |
| 22 | Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 76 | $471 | $544 | $469 | 86% | — | $43 – $2.5k |
| 23 | Optum facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 70 | $341 | $381 | $216 | 57% | — | $301 – $2.2k |
| 24 | Oscar facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 69 | $510 | $476 | $147 | 31% | — | $180 – $671 |
| 25 | Medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 65 | $311 | $309 | $81 | 26% | — | $94 – $572 |
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