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
901 9th St N Virginia, MN
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Essentia Health Virginia’s median price of $949 is 176% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 73% 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: 7 payers, 32 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 | $104.37 | $104.37 | $104.37 – $104.37 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $104.37 | $104.37 | $104.37 – $104.37 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $104.37 | $104.37 | $104.37 – $104.37 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $104.37 | $104.37 | $104.37 – $104.37 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $104.37 | $104.37 | $104.37 – $104.37 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $212.68 | $212.68 | $212.68 – $212.68 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $390.75 | $390.75 | $390.75 – $390.75 |
| 8 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $464.60 | $464.60 | $464.60 – $464.60 |
| 9 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $803.96 | $803.96 | $803.96 – $803.96 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $909.00 | $909.00 | $909.00 – $909.00 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $948.59 | $948.59 | $948.59 – $948.59 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $948.79 | $948.79 | $948.79 – $948.79 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $948.79 | $948.79 | $948.79 – $948.79 |
| 14 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,287 | $1,287 | $1,287 – $1,287 |
| 15 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,329 | $1,329 | $1,329 – $1,329 |
| 16 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,329 | $1,329 | $1,329 – $1,329 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,356 | $1,356 | $1,356 – $1,356 |
| 18 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,357 | $1,357 | $1,357 – $1,357 |
| 19 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,380 | $1,380 | $1,287 – $1,473 |
| 20 | Medica ifb aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,430 | $1,430 | $1,430 – $1,430 |
| 21 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,442 | $1,442 | $1,442 – $1,442 |
| 22 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,521 | $1,521 | $1,521 – $1,521 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,535 | $1,535 | $1,535 – $1,535 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,535 | $1,535 | $1,535 – $1,535 |
| 25 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,717 | $1,717 | $1,717 – $1,717 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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