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
Plainsboro, NJ
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Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center’s median price of $6.2k is 1717% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 100% 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: 12 payers, 34 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 tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $117.62 | $117.62 | $117.62 – $117.62 |
| 2 | Aetna aetna medicare hmo facility · other · outpatient | $119.22 | $119.22 | $119.22 – $119.22 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield horizon blue cross of nj medicare snp advantage facility · other · outpatient | $119.22 | $119.22 | $119.22 – $119.22 |
| 4 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $119.22 | $119.22 | $119.22 – $119.22 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare medicare advantage facility · per diem · outpatient | $119.22 | $119.22 | $119.22 – $119.22 |
| 6 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $122.80 | $122.80 | $122.80 – $122.80 |
| 7 | WellCare wellcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $125.18 | $125.18 | $125.18 – $125.18 |
| 8 | Clover clover health plan facility · other · outpatient | $126.37 | $126.37 | $126.37 – $126.37 |
| 9 | Humana humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $128.76 | $128.76 | $128.76 – $128.76 |
| 10 | Aetna aetna whole health facility · other · outpatient | $190.75 | $190.75 | $190.75 – $190.75 |
| 11 | Cigna cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $246.24 | $246.24 | $246.24 – $246.24 |
| 12 | Cigna cigna new business facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $246.24 | $246.24 | $246.24 – $246.24 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield horizon blue cross of nj-hmo pos and direct access facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $436.38 | $436.38 | $436.38 – $436.38 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield horizon blue cross of nj-indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $436.38 | $436.38 | $436.38 – $436.38 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield horizon blue cross of nj-ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $436.38 | $436.38 | $436.38 – $436.38 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield horizon blue cross of nj-exchange facility · other · outpatient | $829.11 | $829.11 | $829.11 – $829.11 |
| 17 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $897.95 | $897.95 | $897.95 – $897.95 |
| 18 | Aetna Better Health aetna better health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $971.14 | $971.14 | $971.14 – $971.14 |
| 19 | Aetna aetna workers compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,023 | $1,023 | $1,023 – $1,023 |
| 20 | WellCare wellcare facility · other · outpatient | $1,068 | $1,068 | $1,068 – $1,068 |
| 21 | Aetna aetna automobile network facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,163 | $1,163 | $1,163 – $1,163 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare compass exchange facility · per diem · outpatient | $1,334 | $1,334 | $1,334 – $1,334 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield horizon blue cross of nj-medicare hmo facility · other · outpatient | $2,116 | $2,116 | $2,116 – $2,116 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare oxford facility · per diem · outpatient | $2,399 | $2,399 | $2,399 – $2,399 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare facility · per diem · outpatient | $2,399 | $2,399 | $2,399 – $2,399 |
Last updated: Mar 20, 2026
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