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Original text from hospital filings
HC CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST
Columbus, OH
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Arthur G James Cancer Hospital And Research Institute’s median price of $1.1k is 209% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 77% of the 2,627 hospitals reporting CPT 72131. 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, 44 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 | Cigna cigna - transplant case rate · outpatient | $0.62 | $0.62 | $0.62 – $0.62 |
| 2 | Medicare medicare perennial advantage percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $456.56 | $456.56 | $456.56 – $456.56 |
| 3 | Medicaid medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $563.68 | $563.68 | $563.68 – $563.68 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare other · outpatient | $570.00 | $570.00 | $570.00 – $570.00 |
| 5 | Aetna aetna better health percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $591.96 | $591.96 | $591.96 – $591.96 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $620.03 | $620.03 | $620.03 – $620.03 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna - medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $681.12 | $681.12 | $681.12 – $681.12 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna better health - dual eligible percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $681.12 | $681.12 | $681.12 – $681.12 |
| 9 | Medicare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $681.12 | $681.12 | $681.12 – $681.12 |
| 10 | Molina molina - medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $681.12 | $681.12 | $681.12 – $681.12 |
| 11 | Molina molina - medicare-medicaid program percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $681.12 | $681.12 | $681.12 – $681.12 |
| 12 | Medicaid medicaid percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $696.81 | $696.81 | $696.81 – $696.81 |
| 13 | Aetna aetna better health percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $731.69 | $731.69 | $731.69 – $731.69 |
| 14 | Anthem anthem - medicare advantage percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $757.90 | $757.90 | $757.90 – $757.90 |
| 15 | Caresource caresource - dsnp percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $763.68 | $763.68 | $763.68 – $763.68 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicaid percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $766.57 | $766.57 | $766.57 – $766.57 |
| 17 | Humana humana - medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $778.95 | $778.95 | $778.95 – $778.95 |
| 18 | Molina molina - medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $805.99 | $805.99 | $805.99 – $805.99 |
| 19 | Caresource caresource - exchange percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $887.52 | $887.52 | $887.52 – $887.52 |
| 20 | Humana humana medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $907.54 | $907.54 | $907.54 – $907.54 |
| 21 | Molina molina - exchange percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $908.16 | $908.16 | $908.16 – $908.16 |
| 22 | Caresource caresource - exchange percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $949.44 | $949.44 | $949.44 – $949.44 |
| 23 | Caresource caresource - medicaid percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $989.48 | $989.48 | $989.48 – $989.48 |
| 24 | Molina molina - medicaid percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $989.48 | $989.48 | $989.48 – $989.48 |
| 25 | Molina molina - exchange percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $990.72 | $990.72 | $990.72 – $990.72 |
Last updated: Jul 1, 2026
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