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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CT-Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast
Mount Airy, NC
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Northern Hospital District of Surry County’s median price of $564 is 64% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 61% 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: 7 payers, 15 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 medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · both | $95.67 | $95.67 | $95.67 – $95.67 |
| 2 | Humana humana facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $97.76 | $97.76 | $97.76 – $97.76 |
| 3 | Anthem medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · both | $98.16 | $98.16 | $98.16 – $98.16 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · both | $100.70 | $100.70 | $100.70 – $100.70 |
| 5 | Anthem medicaid managed care facility · fee schedule · both | $140.68 | $140.68 | $140.68 – $140.68 |
| 6 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · both | $204.76 | $204.76 | $204.76 – $204.76 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross blue shield of north carolina facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $371.50 | $528.76 | $95.29 – $1,196 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid managed care facility · fee schedule · both | $563.92 | $563.92 | $563.92 – $563.92 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas medicaid managed care facility · fee schedule · both | $572.11 | $572.11 | $563.92 – $580.30 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care facility · fee schedule · both | $580.30 | $580.30 | $580.30 – $580.30 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,148 | $882.92 | $100.76 – $1,400 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,232 | $948.31 | $97.23 – $1,232 |
| 13 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,071 | $1,071 | $1,071 – $1,071 |
| 14 | Anthem anthem health plan of virginia facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,100 | $1,100 | $1,100 – $1,100 |
| 15 | Anthem other commercial facility · fee schedule · both | $1,100 | $1,100 | $1,100 – $1,100 |
Last updated: Nov 12, 2025
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