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Original text from hospital filings
HC RADEX SPINE CERVICAL 2 OR 3 VIEWS - XR CERVICAL SPINE 1 VIEW
Boston, MA
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Boston Children's Hospital’s median price of $400 is 220% above the median hospital's median price ($125), higher than 89% 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: 8 payers, 18 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all products inpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $305.12 | $305.12 | $305.12 – $305.12 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo/pos lw outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $322.76 | $322.76 | $322.76 – $322.76 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $323.57 | $323.57 | $323.57 – $323.57 |
| 4 | Aetna medicaid inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $324.60 | $324.60 | $324.60 – $324.60 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo lw outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $337.96 | $337.96 | $337.96 – $337.96 |
| 6 | Optum medicaid/medicare inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $351.65 | $351.65 | $351.65 – $351.65 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield indem outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $357.17 | $357.17 | $357.17 – $357.17 |
| 8 | Optum comm inpatient case rate · both | $391.00 | $391.00 | $391.00 – $391.00 |
| 9 | Optum comm chd onc outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $449.03 | $449.03 | $449.03 – $449.03 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare comm inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $452.01 | $452.01 | $452.01 – $452.01 |
| 11 | Aetna comm inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $453.52 | $453.52 | $453.52 – $453.52 |
| 12 | Optum comm outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $459.85 | $459.85 | $459.85 – $459.85 |
| 13 | Cigna all products inpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $467.99 | $467.99 | $459.85 – $476.13 |
| 14 | Cigna all products outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $474.03 | $474.03 | $459.85 – $488.20 |
| 15 | Humana all products inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $486.90 | $486.90 | $486.90 – $486.90 |
| 16 | First Health all products inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $497.72 | $497.72 | $497.72 – $497.72 |
| 17 | MultiPlan phcs clients inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $497.72 | $497.72 | $497.72 – $497.72 |
| 18 | MultiPlan multiplan clients inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $513.95 | $513.95 | $513.95 – $513.95 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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