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 XR SPINECERVICAL 3/- VIEWS
Houston, TX
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Chi St. Luke's Health Baylor College Of Medicine Medical Center’s median price of $164 is 31% above the median hospital's median price ($125), higher than 62% 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, 43 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $40.56 | $40.56 | $40.56 – $40.56 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|chip fee schedule · outpatient | $40.56 | $40.56 | $40.56 – $40.56 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $40.56 | $40.56 | $40.56 – $40.56 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $41.75 | $41.75 | $41.75 – $41.75 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|star fee schedule · outpatient | $54.47 | $54.47 | $54.47 – $54.47 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $88.19 | $88.19 | $88.19 – $88.19 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $88.19 | $88.19 | $88.19 – $88.19 |
| 8 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|hmo case rate · outpatient | $88.19 | $88.19 | $88.19 – $88.19 |
| 9 | Humana medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $88.19 | $88.19 | $88.19 – $88.19 |
| 10 | Humana medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $88.19 | $88.19 | $88.19 – $88.19 |
| 11 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|ppo case rate · outpatient | $89.07 | $89.07 | $89.07 – $89.07 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $89.95 | $89.95 | $89.95 – $89.95 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $89.95 | $89.95 | $89.95 – $89.95 |
| 14 | Cigna commercial|surefit fee schedule · outpatient | $90.52 | $90.52 | $90.52 – $90.52 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|myblue health exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $95.77 | $95.77 | $95.77 – $95.77 |
| 16 | Cigna commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $99.69 | $99.69 | $99.69 – $99.69 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue advantage exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $102.95 | $102.95 | $102.95 – $102.95 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|transplant fee schedule · outpatient | $113.99 | $113.99 | $113.99 – $113.99 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $122.32 | $122.32 | $122.32 – $122.32 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starplus fee schedule · outpatient | $124.05 | $124.05 | $124.05 – $124.05 |
| 21 | Superior Healthplan commercial|all plans case rate · outpatient | $132.28 | $132.28 | $132.28 – $132.28 |
| 22 | Aetna commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $135.81 | $135.81 | $135.81 – $135.81 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|premier fee schedule · outpatient | $213.89 | $213.89 | $213.89 – $213.89 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $252.20 | $252.20 | $252.20 – $252.20 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|ppo trad fee schedule · outpatient | $279.34 | $279.34 | $279.34 – $279.34 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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