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
$58
Average
$484
Median
$360
High
$2.6k
Each hospital's average Medicare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
220 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 4.7× 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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242 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Medicare 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 | Benefis Hospitals Inc Helena, MT other · outpatient | 1 | $356 | $356 | — | — | 25 | $356 – $356 |
| 2 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $343 | $343 | — | — | 23 | $343 – $343 |
| 3 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $343 | $343 | — | — | 23 | $343 – $343 |
| 4 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $323 | $323 | — | — | 21 | $323 – $323 |
| 5 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $315 | $315 | — | — | 15 | $315 – $315 |
| 6 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, IN other · both | 2 | $369 | $369 | — | — | 13 | $369 – $369 |
| 7 | Anderson Hospital Maryville, IL professional · other · outpatient | 1 | $159 | $159 | — | — | 12–21 | $159 – $159 |
| 8 | John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA other · both | 3 | $493 | $493 | — | — | 11 | $493 – $493 |
| 9 | DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DELTA, CO other · outpatient | 1 | $368 | $368 | — | — | 2–20 | $368 – $368 |
| 10 | Aspen Valley Hospital District Aspen, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 11 | Boston Medical Center Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $405 | $405 | — | — | 1–10 | $405 – $405 |
| 12 | Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $418 | $418 | — | — | 1–10 | $418 – $418 |
| 13 | Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $424 | $424 | — | — | 1–10 | $424 – $424 |
| 14 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $424 | $424 | — | — | 1–10 | $424 – $424 |
| 15 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Pueblo, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $286 | $286 | — | — | 1–10 | $286 – $286 |
| 16 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Canon City, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $363 | $363 | — | — | 1–10 | $363 – $363 |
| 17 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Canon City, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $603 | $603 | — | — | 1–10 | $603 – $603 |
| 18 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO West Jordan, UT other · inpatient | 1 | $291 | $291 | — | — | 1–10 | $291 – $291 |
| 19 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Layton, UT other · inpatient | 1 | $268 | $268 | — | — | 1–10 | $268 – $268 |
| 20 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Durango, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $301 | $301 | — | — | 1–10 | $301 – $301 |
| 21 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Colorado Springs, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $267 | $267 | — | — | 1–10 | $267 – $267 |
| 22 | Cooley Dickinson Hospital Northampton, MA other · both | 1 | $424 | $424 | — | — | 1–10 | $424 – $424 |
| 23 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH DYER DYER, IN other · both | 3 | $369 | $369 | — | — | 1–10 | $369 – $369 |
| 24 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH MICHIGAN CITY CITY, IN other · both | 1 | $369 | $369 | — | — | 1–10 | $369 – $369 |
| 25 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH MUNSTER MUNSTER, IN other · both | 1 | $369 | $369 | — | — | 1–10 | $369 – $369 |
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