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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HC CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST
Philadelphia, PA
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Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System’s median price of $1.4k is 306% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 83% 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: 14 payers, 35 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 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-medicare hmo facility · other · outpatient | $109.35 | $109.35 | $109.35 – $109.35 |
| 2 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.35 | $109.35 | $109.35 – $109.35 |
| 3 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.89 | $109.89 | $109.89 – $109.89 |
| 4 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $111.54 | $111.54 | $111.54 – $111.54 |
| 5 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $112.63 | $112.63 | $112.63 – $112.63 |
| 6 | Humana humana medicare facility · other · outpatient | $112.63 | $112.63 | $112.63 – $112.63 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna medicare hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $115.91 | $115.91 | $115.91 – $115.91 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $115.91 | $115.91 | $115.91 – $115.91 |
| 9 | Clover clover health plan facility · other · outpatient | $118.10 | $118.10 | $118.10 – $118.10 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare community (fka americhoice ma) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $173.56 | $173.56 | $173.56 – $173.56 |
| 11 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $185.89 | $185.89 | $185.89 – $185.89 |
| 12 | Highmark highmark facility · other · outpatient | $229.95 | $229.95 | $229.95 – $229.95 |
| 13 | Cigna cigna new business facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $233.95 | $233.95 | $233.95 – $233.95 |
| 14 | Cigna cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $240.97 | $240.97 | $240.97 – $240.97 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield keystone health plan east-ibc hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $304.37 | $304.37 | $304.37 – $304.37 |
| 16 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj- hmo pos and direct access facility · other · outpatient | $327.28 | $327.28 | $327.28 – $327.28 |
| 17 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-indemnity facility · other · outpatient | $327.28 | $327.28 | $327.28 – $327.28 |
| 18 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-ppo facility · other · outpatient | $327.28 | $327.28 | $327.28 – $327.28 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare compass exchange facility · other · outpatient | $407.00 | $407.00 | $407.00 – $407.00 |
| 20 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $499.88 | $499.88 | $499.88 – $499.88 |
| 21 | Optum optum urn-transplant commercial facility · other · outpatient | $546.75 | $546.75 | $546.75 – $546.75 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield personal choice-ibc ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $601.26 | $601.26 | $601.26 – $601.26 |
| 23 | Aetna aetna ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $697.09 | $697.09 | $697.09 – $697.09 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare new business facility · other · outpatient | $864.00 | $864.00 | $864.00 – $864.00 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare non options facility · other · outpatient | $1,219 | $1,219 | $1,219 – $1,219 |
Last updated: Mar 20, 2026
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