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 SCAN LUMBAR SP CONTRAST - CT LUMBAR SPINE W CONTRAST
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $2.6k is 333% above the median hospital's median price ($611), higher than 94% of the 2,585 hospitals reporting CPT 72132. 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, 11 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 | Molina molina medi-cal percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 2 | Kaiser kaiser - rehab percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 5 | Medicare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 6 | Molina molina - cal medi-connect percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 7 | Optum optum health - commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 10 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 11 | Aetna first health - leased/ccn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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