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
CT L-S SPINE WO
Schenectady, NY
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Ellis Hospital’s median price of $138 is 60% below the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 19% 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: 5 payers, 7 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 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $130.50 | $130.50 | $130.50 – $130.50 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield senior facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $136.35 | $136.35 | $136.35 – $136.35 |
| 3 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $149.25 | $149.25 | $130.50 – $168.00 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $576.80 | $576.80 | $134.40 – $1,019 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $576.80 | $576.80 | $134.40 – $1,019 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $598.43 | $598.43 | $139.44 – $1,057 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $612.85 | $612.85 | $142.80 – $1,083 |
Last updated: Jun 25, 2026
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