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
Decompress disc RF lumbar
Low
$0
Average
$7.5k
Median
$3.3k
High
$50k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
25 payers; the 90th percentile is 326.2× 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms | 75 | $9.6k | $13.7k | $8.6k | 63% | — | $0 – $36.7k |
| 2 | Aetna case rate · outpatient · +6 other terms | 52 | $4.2k | $5.2k | $2.1k | 40% | — | $2.6k – $13.5k |
| 3 | Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms | 31 | $1.7k | $1.7k | $713 | 41% | — | $843 – $4.5k |
| 4 | Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +5 other terms | 29 | $3.8k | $3.9k | $923 | 24% | — | $2.4k – $7.1k |
| 5 | Humana other · outpatient · +6 other terms | 25 | $2.9k | $2.9k | $861 | 29% | — | $2.3k – $7.0k |
| 6 | Anthem facility · case rate · outpatient · +6 other terms | 24 | $3.3k | $2.8k | $1.5k | 53% | — | $329 – $5.9k |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare facility · case rate · outpatient · +5 other terms | 18 | $3.6k | $3.8k | $810 | 21% | — | $2.4k – $6.0k |
| 8 | Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +3 other terms | 15 | $3.5k | $3.8k | $865 | 23% | — | $2.3k – $6.0k |
| 9 | Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms | 13 | $3.1k | $3.5k | $755 | 22% | — | $2.9k – $5.3k |
| 10 | Bcbs Mn fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms | 12 | $2.3k | $1.6k | $1.1k | 72% | — | $105 – $2.9k |
| 11 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · inpatient · +2 other terms | 7 | $62 | $62 | — | — | — | $62 – $62 |
| 12 | Amerihealth Caritas facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms | 7 | $3.6k | $3.6k | $114 | 3% | — | $3.6k – $3.9k |
| 13 | Cigna other · outpatient | 5 | $26.7k | $26.8k | $9.5k | 35% | — | $7.2k – $31.5k |
| 14 | Phcs percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $37.5k | $37.5k | — | — | — | $37.5k – $37.5k |
| 15 | Tricare fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $50k | $50k | — | — | — | $50k – $50k |
| 16 | First Health professional · fee schedule · both | 3 | $66 | $66 | — | — | — | $66 – $66 |
| 17 | Wellmark facility · case rate · outpatient | 3 | $12.1k | $10.6k | $3.3k | 32% | — | $4.9k – $13.4k |
| 18 | Medicaid facility · case rate · outpatient | 2 | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 19 | MultiPlan professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $9 | $9 | — | — | — | $9 – $9 |
| 20 | Bcbs La facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | $0 – $0 |
| 21 | Bcbs Nc facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $467 | $467 | — | — | — | $467 – $467 |
| 22 | Bcbs Nv fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $650 | $650 | — | — | — | $650 – $650 |
| 23 | Bcbs Vt professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $60 | $60 | — | — | — | $60 – $60 |
| 24 | Highmark fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $5.8k | $5.8k | $2.4k | 42% | — | $4.1k – $9.2k |
| 25 | WellCare facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
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