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 Xr Spine Cervical 2 or 3v
PALO ALTO, CA
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Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital At Stanford’s median price of $829 is 562% above the median hospital's median price ($125), higher than 99% 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: 4 payers, 4 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 | Cigna cigna com alt hmo plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $719.93 | $719.93 | $719.93 – $719.93 |
| 2 | Aetna aetna all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $803.53 | $803.53 | $803.53 – $803.53 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield stanford healthcare alliance plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $828.95 | $828.95 | $828.95 – $828.95 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare sutter select & sutter health plan hmo plans per diem · outpatient | $28,538 | $28,538 | $28,538 – $28,538 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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