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
Philadelphia, PA
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Jefferson Health - Northeast’s median price of $102 is 70% below the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 5% 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: 12 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 | Optum jne002_jne003 va ccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $96.67 | $96.67 | $96.67 – $96.67 |
| 2 | Tricare jne002_jne003 military facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $96.67 | $96.67 | $96.67 – $96.67 |
| 3 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $98.60 | $98.60 | $98.60 – $98.60 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare aarp facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $98.60 | $98.60 | $98.60 – $98.60 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare isnp facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $98.60 | $98.60 | $98.60 – $98.60 |
| 6 | Cigna Healthspring jne002_jne003 medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $100.54 | $100.54 | $100.54 – $100.54 |
| 7 | Devoted jne002_jne003 medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $101.50 | $101.50 | $101.50 – $101.50 |
| 8 | Aetna jne002_jne003 medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $102.47 | $102.47 | $102.47 – $102.47 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare group retiree facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $104.40 | $104.40 | $104.40 – $104.40 |
| 10 | Highmark jne002_jne003 medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $113.10 | $113.10 | $113.10 – $113.10 |
| 11 | Ambetter jne002_jne003 comm exch facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $140.17 | $140.17 | $140.17 – $140.17 |
| 12 | Aetna Better Health jne001_jne002_jne003 chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $151.79 | $180.79 | $151.79 – $238.78 |
| 13 | Cigna jne001_jne002_jne003 commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $255.04 | $255.04 | $255.04 – $255.04 |
| 14 | Cigna jne001_jne002_jne003 ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $306.41 | $306.41 | $306.41 – $306.41 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $316.38 | $316.38 | $316.38 – $316.38 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield jne ppo_indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $316.38 | $316.38 | $316.38 – $316.38 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial pebtf facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $528.93 | $528.93 | $528.93 – $528.93 |
| 18 | Aetna northeast commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $570.21 | $570.21 | $570.21 – $570.21 |
Last updated: Mar 18, 2026
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