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
HB CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE
Allentown, PA
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St Luke's Hospital - Allentown Campus’s median price of $185 is 46% below the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 32% 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: 8 payers, 20 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $108.87 | $108.87 | $108.87 – $108.87 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $108.87 | $108.87 | $108.87 – $108.87 |
| 3 | Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $108.87 | $108.87 | $108.87 – $108.87 |
| 4 | Highmark freedom blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.96 | $109.96 | $109.96 – $109.96 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $111.05 | $111.05 | $111.05 – $111.05 |
| 6 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $113.22 | $113.22 | $113.22 – $113.22 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $117.58 | $117.58 | $117.58 – $117.58 |
| 8 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $159.38 | $159.38 | $159.38 – $159.38 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $166.31 | $166.31 | $166.31 – $166.31 |
| 10 | Highmark chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $169.57 | $169.57 | $169.57 – $169.57 |
| 11 | Highmark commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $353.26 | $353.26 | $353.26 – $353.26 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $716.74 | $716.74 | $716.74 – $716.74 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $943.74 | $943.74 | $943.74 – $943.74 |
| 14 | Oscar commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,103 | $1,103 | $1,103 – $1,103 |
| 15 | Oscar commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,103 | $1,103 | $1,103 – $1,103 |
| 16 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,163 | $1,163 | $1,163 – $1,163 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,228 | $1,228 | $1,228 – $1,228 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,357 | $1,357 | $1,357 – $1,357 |
| 19 | Aetna medical rental facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,462 | $1,462 | $1,462 – $1,462 |
| 20 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,483 | $1,483 | $1,483 – $1,483 |
Last updated: Feb 26, 2026
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