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
MR T SPINE WO CON
Phoenix, AZ
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Dignity Health’s median price of $525 is 10% below the median hospital's median price ($584), higher than 46% of the 2,659 hospitals reporting CPT 72146. 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, 24 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 plans fee schedule · outpatient | $206 | $206 | — | — | — | $206 – $206 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|dual complete case rate · outpatient | $251 | $251 | — | — | — | $251 – $251 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $258 | $258 | — | — | — | $258 – $258 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $258 | $258 | — | — | — | $258 – $258 |
| 5 | Cigna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $258 | $258 | — | — | — | $258 – $258 |
| 6 | First Health medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $258 | $258 | — | — | — | $258 – $258 |
| 7 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $258 | $258 | — | — | — | $258 – $258 |
| 8 | Optum medicare|optumcare fee schedule · outpatient | $258 | $258 | — | — | 1–10 | $258 – $258 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $258 | $258 | — | — | 1–10 | $258 – $258 |
| 10 | Optum medicare|optumhealth fee schedule · outpatient | $283 | $283 | — | — | 1–10 | $283 – $283 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $525 | $525 | — | — | 21 | $525 – $525 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|navigate fee schedule · outpatient | $525 | $525 | — | — | — | $525 – $525 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $525 | $525 | — | — | — | $525 – $525 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|dignityhealthemployee fee schedule · outpatient | $778 | $778 | — | — | — | $778 – $778 |
| 15 | Cigna commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 16 | Cigna commercial|localplus surefit fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 17 | Aetna commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 18 | Optum commercial|optumhealth fee schedule · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 19 | Cigna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 20 | Cigna commercial|lifesource fee schedule · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 21 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 22 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 23 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 24 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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