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
HC CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST
Lancaster, PA
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Lancaster General Health’s median price of $532 is 55% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 60% 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: 13 payers, 34 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 | Medicaid medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $88.10 | $88.10 | $88.10 – $88.10 |
| 2 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $95.59 | $95.59 | $95.59 – $95.59 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid mco facility · case rate · outpatient | $96.91 | $96.91 | $96.91 – $96.91 |
| 4 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $105.15 | $105.15 | $105.15 – $105.15 |
| 5 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $106.21 | $106.21 | $106.21 – $106.21 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $106.21 | $106.21 | $106.21 – $106.21 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $107.27 | $107.27 | $107.27 – $107.27 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $107.80 | $107.80 | $107.80 – $107.80 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $108.33 | $108.33 | $108.33 – $108.33 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $108.33 | $108.33 | $108.33 – $108.33 |
| 11 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.40 | $109.40 | $109.40 – $109.40 |
| 12 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $111.52 | $111.52 | $111.52 – $111.52 |
| 13 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $207.11 | $207.11 | $207.11 – $207.11 |
| 14 | Cigna cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $208.81 | $208.81 | $208.81 – $208.81 |
| 15 | Cigna cigna new business facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $233.95 | $233.95 | $233.95 – $233.95 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $333.57 | $333.57 | $333.57 – $333.57 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $386.83 | $386.83 | $386.83 – $386.83 |
| 18 | Highmark highmark chip facility · other · outpatient | $847.62 | $847.62 | $765.67 – $929.57 |
| 19 | Highmark highmark aca facility · other · outpatient | $1,019 | $1,019 | $920.12 – $1,117 |
| 20 | Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · other · outpatient | $1,169 | $1,169 | $1,056 – $1,283 |
| 21 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · other · outpatient | $1,189 | $1,189 | $1,189 – $1,189 |
| 22 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,319 | $1,319 | $1,192 – $1,447 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,442 | $1,442 | $1,442 – $1,442 |
| 24 | Highmark highmark commercial facility · other · outpatient | $1,455 | $1,455 | $1,314 – $1,596 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,486 | $1,486 | $1,342 – $1,629 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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