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 LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE
115 10th Ave NE Deer River, MN
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Essentia Health Deer River’s median price of $1.1k is 216% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 77% 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, 18 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 medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $757.05 | $757.05 | $757.05 – $757.05 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $792.74 | $792.74 | $792.74 – $792.74 |
| 3 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $792.74 | $792.74 | $792.74 – $792.74 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $847.96 | $847.96 | $847.96 – $847.96 |
| 5 | Healthpartners medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $847.96 | $847.96 | $847.96 – $847.96 |
| 6 | Medica medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $847.96 | $847.96 | $847.96 – $847.96 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,085 | $1,085 | $1,085 – $1,085 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,302 | $1,302 | $1,302 – $1,302 |
| 9 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,333 | $1,333 | $1,333 – $1,333 |
| 10 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,369 | $1,369 | $1,369 – $1,369 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,371 | $1,371 | $1,371 – $1,371 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,380 | $1,380 | $1,380 – $1,380 |
| 13 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,538 | $1,538 | $1,538 – $1,538 |
| 14 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,538 | $1,538 | $1,538 – $1,538 |
| 15 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,572 | $1,572 | $1,572 – $1,572 |
| 16 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,572 | $1,572 | $1,572 – $1,572 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,676 | $1,676 | $1,676 – $1,676 |
| 18 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,676 | $1,676 | $1,676 – $1,676 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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