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 LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST
Barbourville, KY
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ARH Mary Breckinridge Health Services, Inc’s median price of $874 is 52% above the median hospital's median price ($575), higher than 61% of the 2,589 hospitals reporting CPT 72148. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 14 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 | Anthem commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $760.00 | $760.00 | $760.00 – $760.00 |
| 2 | Aetna Better Health medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $865.13 | $865.13 | $865.13 – $865.13 |
| 3 | Anthem medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $865.13 | $865.13 | $865.13 – $865.13 |
| 4 | Humana medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $865.13 | $865.13 | $865.13 – $865.13 |
| 5 | Anthem medicare advantage percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $873.78 | $873.78 | $873.78 – $873.78 |
| 6 | Humana medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $873.78 | $873.78 | $873.78 – $873.78 |
| 7 | Optum veterans affairs plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $873.78 | $873.78 | $873.78 – $873.78 |
| 8 | WellCare medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $873.78 | $873.78 | $873.78 – $873.78 |
| 9 | WellCare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $873.78 | $873.78 | $873.78 – $873.78 |
| 10 | Molina medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $882.43 | $882.43 | $882.43 – $882.43 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,221 | $1,221 | $1,221 – $1,221 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,476 | $1,476 | $1,476 – $1,476 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,270 | $2,270 | $2,270 – $2,270 |
| 14 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $4,478 | $4,478 | $4,478 – $4,478 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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