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 MATERIAL
Laurinburg, NC
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Scotland Memorial Hospital Inc.’s median price of $396 is 16% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 54% 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: 4 payers, 7 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · both | $97.87 | $97.87 | $97.87 – $97.87 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · both | $98.26 | $98.26 | $98.26 – $98.26 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care facility · fee schedule · both | $396.36 | $396.36 | $396.36 – $396.36 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid managed care facility · fee schedule · both | $396.36 | $396.36 | $396.36 – $396.36 |
| 5 | WellCare medicaid managed care facility · fee schedule · both | $396.36 | $396.36 | $396.36 – $396.36 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,470 | $1,107 | $101.29 – $1,751 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,961 | $1,961 | $1,961 – $1,961 |
Last updated: Nov 3, 2025
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