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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X-ray; spine
St. Louis Park, MN
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Methodist Hospital’s median price of $89 is 29% below the median hospital's median price ($125), higher than 24% 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: 6 payers, 12 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 bcbs pmap [95296] facility · fee schedule · both | $51.35 | $51.35 | $51.35 – $51.35 |
| 2 | Medica medica choice care pmap [50314] facility · fee schedule · both | $56.40 | $56.40 | $56.40 – $56.40 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc wi community plan [50274] facility · other · both | $83.07 | $83.07 | $83.07 – $83.07 |
| 4 | Ucare ucare pmap [50283] facility · other · both | $84.56 | $84.56 | $84.56 – $84.56 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs medicare advantage [50299] facility · other · both | $89.07 | $89.07 | $89.07 – $89.07 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare uhc medicare advantage ppo [50275] facility · other · both | $89.07 | $89.07 | $89.07 – $89.07 |
| 7 | Medica medica government advantage [50316] facility · other · both | $95.30 | $95.30 | $95.30 – $95.30 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn [90043] facility · fee schedule · both | $120.23 | $120.23 | $120.23 – $120.23 |
| 9 | First Health first health network [95334] facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $121.50 | $121.50 | $121.50 – $121.50 |
| 10 | Healthpartners hp self insured [91021] facility · case rate · both | $161.69 | $161.69 | $161.69 – $161.69 |
| 11 | Medica medica choice [90156] facility · case rate · both | $300.00 | $300.00 | $300.00 – $300.00 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare uhc [50131] facility · case rate · both | $367.00 | $367.00 | $367.00 – $367.00 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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