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 THORACIC SPINE W CONTR
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $2.4k is 448% above the median hospital's median price ($440), higher than 92% of the 2,541 hospitals reporting CPT 72129. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 17 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 | Optum optum health - commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Kaiser kaiser - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 3 | Aetna aetna whole health percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $496 | $496 | — | — | — | $496 – $496 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $992 | $992 | — | — | — | $992 – $992 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 6 | Aetna first health - leased/ccn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 7 | Medicaid medi-cal percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 8 | Aetna first health medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.3k | $2.3k | $89 | 4% | — | $2.2k – $2.4k |
| 9 | Aetna aetna - hmo/pos percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 10 | Aetna first health - leased/ccn percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 12 | Molina molina - cal medi-connect percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 13 | Humana choice care network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 14 | MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 15 | Optum optum health - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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