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
Morgan City, LA
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Ochsner Morgan City Llc’s median price of $144 is 58% below the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 22% 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: 11 payers, 14 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 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $72.32 | $72.32 | $41.00 – $103.63 |
| 2 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $96.76 | $96.76 | $96.76 – $96.76 |
| 3 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $96.76 | $96.76 | $96.76 – $96.76 |
| 4 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $96.76 | $96.76 | $96.76 – $96.76 |
| 5 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $139.64 | $139.64 | $139.64 – $139.64 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $139.64 | $139.64 | $139.64 – $139.64 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $143.83 | $143.83 | $143.83 – $143.83 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $143.83 | $143.83 | $143.83 – $143.83 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $250.18 | $250.18 | $250.18 – $250.18 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $369.09 | $344.53 | $96.76 – $411.78 |
| 11 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $639.74 | $639.74 | $639.74 – $639.74 |
| 12 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $739.01 | $739.01 | $739.01 – $739.01 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $940.64 | $940.64 | $940.64 – $940.64 |
| 14 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,485 | $1,485 | $1,485 – $1,485 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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