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
MR-CERV SPINE W
Birmingham, AL
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Affinity Hospital LLC’s median price of $3.0k is 288% above the median hospital's median price ($774), higher than 91% of the 2,490 hospitals reporting CPT 72142. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 13 payers, 22 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Tricare node tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $303 | $303 | — | — | — | $303 – $303 |
| 2 | Humana node humana mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $314 | $314 | — | — | — | $314 – $314 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare node uhc mcr adv facility · per diem · outpatient | $314 | $314 | — | — | — | $314 – $314 |
| 4 | Optum node united optum va ccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $319 | $319 | — | — | — | $319 – $319 |
| 5 | Cigna Healthspring node cigna healthspring mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $320 | $320 | — | — | — | $320 – $320 |
| 6 | Devoted node devoted health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $320 | $320 | — | — | — | $320 – $320 |
| 7 | Clover node clover health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $322 | $322 | — | — | — | $322 – $322 |
| 8 | Aetna node aetna mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $323 | $323 | — | — | — | $323 – $323 |
| 9 | WellCare node wellcare mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $325 | $325 | — | — | — | $325 – $325 |
| 10 | WellCare node wellcare ambetter marketplace facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $479 | $479 | — | — | — | $479 – $479 |
| 11 | Cigna cigna all facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $573 | $573 | — | — | — | $573 – $573 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $764 | $764 | — | — | — | $764 – $764 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $764 | $764 | — | — | — | $764 – $764 |
| 14 | Bcbs Al bcbs al all facility · other · outpatient | $769 | $769 | — | — | 1–10 | $769 – $769 |
| 15 | Aetna aetna all facility · other · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | $158 | 5% | — | $3.2k – $3.5k |
| 16 | First Health first health facility · other · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 17 | Optum optum health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5.4k | $5.4k | $256 | 5% | — | $5.1k – $5.6k |
| 18 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $7.3k | $7.3k | $347 | 5% | — | $6.9k – $7.6k |
| 19 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7.4k | $7.4k | $353 | 5% | — | $7.1k – $7.8k |
| 20 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $8.4k | $8.4k | $398 | 5% | — | $8.0k – $8.8k |
| 21 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8.4k | $8.4k | $398 | 5% | — | $8.0k – $8.8k |
| 22 | First Health first health work comp al facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $9.3k | $9.3k | $445 | 5% | — | $8.9k – $9.8k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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