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 & w/dye
Duluth, MN
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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $178 is 63% below the median hospital's median price ($476), higher than 8% of the 2,531 hospitals reporting CPT 72133. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 17 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 medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $175 | $175 | — | — | — | $175 – $175 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $175 | $175 | — | — | — | $175 – $175 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $175 | $175 | — | — | — | $175 – $175 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $175 | $175 | — | — | — | $175 – $175 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $175 | $175 | — | — | — | $175 – $175 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $289 | $289 | — | — | — | $289 – $289 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · case rate · outpatient | $315 | $315 | — | — | — | $315 – $315 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $315 | $315 | — | — | — | $315 – $315 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $356 | $356 | — | — | — | $356 – $356 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $871 | $871 | — | — | — | $871 – $871 |
| 11 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $903 | $903 | — | — | — | $903 – $903 |
| 12 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $950 | $950 | — | — | — | $950 – $950 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 14 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 17 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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