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
XRAY CERVICAL SPINE 2 OR 3 VWS
3500 Tower Ave Superior, WI
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Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior’s median price of $233 is 86% above the median hospital's median price ($125), higher than 74% of the 2,628 hospitals reporting CPT 72040. 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, 37 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 · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $107.52 | $107.52 | $107.52 – $107.52 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $107.52 | $107.52 | $107.52 – $107.52 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $107.52 | $107.52 | $107.52 – $107.52 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $107.52 | $107.52 | $107.52 – $107.52 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $107.52 | $107.52 | $107.52 – $107.52 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $128.99 | $128.99 | $128.99 – $128.99 |
| 7 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $135.07 | $135.07 | $135.07 – $135.07 |
| 8 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $135.07 | $135.07 | $135.07 – $135.07 |
| 9 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $135.07 | $135.07 | $135.07 – $135.07 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $184.80 | $184.80 | $184.80 – $184.80 |
| 11 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $188.83 | $188.83 | $107.52 – $270.14 |
| 12 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $211.01 | $211.01 | $211.01 – $211.01 |
| 13 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $221.09 | $221.09 | $221.09 – $221.09 |
| 14 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $221.09 | $221.09 | $221.09 – $221.09 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $221.76 | $221.76 | $221.76 – $221.76 |
| 16 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $227.14 | $227.14 | $227.14 – $227.14 |
| 17 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $233.18 | $233.18 | $233.18 – $233.18 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $233.59 | $233.59 | $233.59 – $233.59 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $235.20 | $235.20 | $235.20 – $235.20 |
| 20 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $236.21 | $236.21 | $236.21 – $236.21 |
| 21 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $236.21 | $236.21 | $236.21 – $236.21 |
| 22 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $249.31 | $249.31 | $249.31 – $249.31 |
| 23 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $249.31 | $249.31 | $249.31 – $249.31 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $258.72 | $258.72 | $258.72 – $258.72 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $258.72 | $258.72 | $258.72 – $258.72 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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