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
H XR SPINE CERVICAL FLEX/EXT
Chicago, IL
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago’s median price of $740 is 491% above the median hospital's median price ($125), higher than 98% of the 2,628 hospitals reporting CPT 72040. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 42 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 | Medicare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $157.25 | $157.25 | $157.25 – $157.25 |
| 2 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $388.50 | $388.50 | $388.50 – $388.50 |
| 3 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $388.50 | $388.50 | $388.50 – $388.50 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $400.52 | $400.52 | $400.52 – $400.52 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $421.80 | $421.80 | $421.80 – $421.80 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $462.50 | $462.50 | $462.50 – $462.50 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $462.50 | $462.50 | $462.50 – $462.50 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $490.25 | $490.25 | $490.25 – $490.25 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $490.25 | $490.25 | $490.25 – $490.25 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield unified physicians network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $518.00 | $518.00 | $518.00 – $518.00 |
| 11 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $532.80 | $532.80 | $532.80 – $532.80 |
| 12 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $532.80 | $532.80 | $532.80 – $532.80 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare navigate other · outpatient | $554.00 | $554.00 | $554.00 – $554.00 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $555.00 | $555.00 | $555.00 – $555.00 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $555.00 | $555.00 | $555.00 – $555.00 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $555.00 | $555.00 | $555.00 – $555.00 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $555.00 | $555.00 | $555.00 – $555.00 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare other · outpatient | $597.00 | $597.00 | $597.00 – $597.00 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $601.25 | $601.25 | $601.25 – $601.25 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $601.25 | $601.25 | $601.25 – $601.25 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $647.50 | $647.50 | $647.50 – $647.50 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $647.50 | $647.50 | $647.50 – $647.50 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lake county physician association percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $647.50 | $647.50 | $647.50 – $647.50 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lake county physician association percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $647.50 | $647.50 | $647.50 – $647.50 |
| 25 | Cigna cigna percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $656.75 | $656.75 | $656.75 – $656.75 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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