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.
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Xr Spine,Cervical,Max 3 Vws
Philadelphia, PA
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The’s median price of $650 is 419% above the median hospital's median price ($125), higher than 97% 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: 9 payers, 11 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 | Highmark all plan types fee schedule · outpatient | $24.75 | $24.75 | $24.75 – $24.75 |
| 2 | Aetna Better Health all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $407.17 | $407.17 | $407.17 – $407.17 |
| 3 | Bcbs Nj all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $546.09 | $546.09 | $546.09 – $546.09 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $553.83 | $553.83 | $256.80 – $850.85 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $619.73 | $619.73 | $619.73 – $619.73 |
| 6 | Aetna all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $773.50 | $773.50 | $773.50 – $773.50 |
| 7 | Cigna hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $773.50 | $773.50 | $773.50 – $773.50 |
| 8 | Cigna ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $773.50 | $773.50 | $773.50 – $773.50 |
| 9 | Highmark all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $773.50 | $773.50 | $773.50 – $773.50 |
| 10 | First Health ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,006 | $1,006 | $1,006 – $1,006 |
| 11 | MultiPlan all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,238 | $1,238 | $1,238 – $1,238 |
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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