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
LUMBAR SPINE W/OCONTRAST -NM
Orange, CA
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Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit’s median price of $752 is 119% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 68% 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: 13 payers, 30 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 blue shield-triwest-tricare programs facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $134.46 | $134.46 | $134.46 – $134.46 |
| 2 | Medicare medicare** facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $134.46 | $134.46 | $134.46 – $134.46 |
| 3 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california medi-cal/caloptima/healthy families facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $333.80 | $333.80 | $333.80 – $333.80 |
| 4 | Molina molina medi-cal facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $383.87 | $383.87 | $383.87 – $383.87 |
| 5 | Bcbs Ca blue cross/vivity/pih-presbyterian health/hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $432.77 | $432.77 | $432.77 – $432.77 |
| 6 | Kaiser medi-cal kaiser facility · other · outpatient | $500.70 | $500.70 | $500.70 – $500.70 |
| 7 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california hmo/pos/ppo** facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $573.04 | $573.04 | $573.04 – $573.04 |
| 8 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california select ppo out net facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $738.06 | $738.06 | $738.06 – $738.06 |
| 9 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california hmo/pos in net facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $776.90 | $776.90 | $776.90 – $776.90 |
| 10 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california ppo/pos out net facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $776.90 | $776.90 | $776.90 – $776.90 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna us healthcare hmo/pos in net facility · other · outpatient | $1,439 | $1,115 | $391.06 – $1,514 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna us healthcare ppo/pos out net facility · other · outpatient | $1,439 | $1,115 | $391.06 – $1,514 |
| 13 | Oscar oscar health plan ppo epo facility · other · outpatient | $1,939 | $1,489 | $526.90 – $2,000 |
| 14 | Bcbs Ca blue shield of california uc care ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,087 | $1,617 | $567.14 – $2,196 |
| 15 | Cigna cigna epo/ppo facility · other · outpatient | $2,104 | $1,630 | $571.93 – $2,214 |
| 16 | Cigna cigna healthcare of california hmo/pos in net facility · other · outpatient | $2,104 | $1,630 | $571.93 – $2,214 |
| 17 | Kaiser kaiser foundation hospitals hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,115 | $1,638 | $574.80 – $2,225 |
| 18 | Magellan magellan health services hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,115 | $1,638 | $574.80 – $2,225 |
| 19 | Magellan magellan health services ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,115 | $1,638 | $574.80 – $2,225 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield exchange/covered ca/ppo facility · per diem · outpatient | $2,446 | $1,895 | $664.85 – $2,574 |
| 21 | Bcbs Ca blue shield of california hmo/pos/ppo** facility · per diem · outpatient | $2,534 | $1,963 | $688.80 – $2,667 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield calpers ppo facility · per diem · outpatient | $2,534 | $1,963 | $688.80 – $2,667 |
| 23 | First Health first health affordable epo/ppo** facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,573 | $1,993 | $699.34 – $2,708 |
| 24 | Cigna cigna behavioral health (evernorth behavioral health inc) hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,820 | $2,185 | $766.40 – $2,967 |
| 25 | Cigna cigna behavioral health (evernorth behavioral health, inc.) ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,820 | $2,185 | $766.40 – $2,967 |
Last updated: Mar 19, 2026
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