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
HC LUMBAR SPINE CT SCAN, W/O CONT
Temple, TX
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Baylor Scott & White Continuing Care Hospital’s median price of $2.0k is 472% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 90% 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: 7 payers, 12 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 | Superior Healthplan medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $104.75 | $104.75 | $104.75 – $104.75 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,616 | $1,616 | $1,616 – $1,616 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue premier/high performance network/my bluehealth facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,616 | $1,616 | $1,616 – $1,616 |
| 4 | Cigna local plus/market solutions facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,847 | $1,847 | $1,847 – $1,847 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue essentials (hmo) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,876 | $1,876 | $1,876 – $1,876 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice (ppo) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,962 | $1,962 | $1,962 – $1,962 |
| 7 | First Health ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,020 | $2,020 | $2,020 – $2,020 |
| 8 | First Health ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,020 | $2,020 | $2,020 – $2,020 |
| 9 | Humana commercial ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,020 | $2,020 | $2,020 – $2,020 |
| 10 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,164 | $2,164 | $2,164 – $2,164 |
| 11 | Cigna hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,164 | $2,164 | $2,164 – $2,164 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,181 | $2,181 | $2,181 – $2,181 |
Last updated: Jun 12, 2026
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