Cervical spine X-ray, 2 to 3 views at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

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.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

BC SPINE CERVICAL 3 VWS OR LES

Washington, DC

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MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s median price of $166 is 32% above the median hospital's median price ($125), higher than 62% of the 2,628 hospitals reporting CPT 72040. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 72040 at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 25 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	Carefirst carefirst medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$102.81	$102.81	$102.81 – $102.81
2	Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$102.81	$102.81	$102.81 – $102.81
3	UnitedHealthcare optum va community care facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$102.81	$102.81	$102.81 – $102.81
4	UnitedHealthcare united secure facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$103.84	$103.84	$103.84 – $103.84
5	Aetna aetna all hmo and ppo plans facility · case rate · outpatient	$105.16	$105.16	$105.16 – $105.16
6	Kaiser kaiser va mco facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$105.31	$105.31	$105.31 – $105.31
7	Aetna aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$105.89	$105.89	$105.89 – $105.89
8	Humana humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$107.95	$107.95	$107.95 – $107.95
9	Kaiser kaiser medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$107.95	$107.95	$107.95 – $107.95
10	Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$120.15	$120.15	$120.15 – $120.15
11	UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare community plan of maryland facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$151.84	$151.84	$151.84 – $151.84
12	UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare community plan of maryland facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$151.84	$151.84	$151.84 – $151.84
13	Carefirst all carefirst hmo plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$165.60	$165.60	$165.60 – $165.60
14	Carefirst all carefirst ppo plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$165.60	$165.60	$165.60 – $165.60
15	Kaiser kaiser md mco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$174.61	$174.61	$174.61 – $174.61
16	Cigna all cigna hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$208.12	$208.12	$208.12 – $208.12
17	Cigna all cigna ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$208.12	$208.12	$208.12 – $208.12
18	Kaiser all kaiser commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$261.79	$261.79	$261.79 – $261.79
19	Phcs private healthcare systems (phcs) facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$418.86	$418.86	$418.86 – $418.86
20	Phcs private healthcare systems (phcs) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$418.86	$418.86	$418.86 – $418.86
21	UnitedHealthcare uhc navigate/core facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$421.14	$421.14	$421.14 – $421.14
22	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare all hmo products facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$438.64	$438.64	$438.64 – $438.64
23	First Health first health facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$445.04	$445.04	$445.04 – $445.04
24	First Health first health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$445.04	$445.04	$445.04 – $445.04
25	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare all ppo products facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$487.27	$487.27	$487.27 – $487.27

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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