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
TC SPINE, LUMBAR FLEX/EXT 2 OR 3 VIEWS
Austin, TX
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Texas Children's Hospital - Austin’s median price of $429 is 197% above the median hospital's median price ($144), higher than 90% of the 2,629 hospitals reporting CPT 72100. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 23 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 united healthcare chip facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $195.08 | $195.08 | $181.17 – $208.98 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare star kids mcd/united healthcare star mcd/united healthcare star plus mcd facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $195.08 | $195.08 | $181.17 – $208.98 |
| 3 | Molina molina chip/molina star mcd/molina star plus mcd facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $216.75 | $216.75 | $201.30 – $232.20 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs star kids mcd/bcbs tx star mcd/bcbs tx star plus mcd facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $252.88 | $252.88 | $234.85 – $270.90 |
| 5 | First Health community first chip/community first health perinate chip/community first star mcd/community first start kids mcd facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $289.00 | $289.00 | $268.40 – $309.60 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna tch employee plan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $411.83 | $411.83 | $382.47 – $441.18 |
| 7 | Cigna cigna tch employee plan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $411.83 | $411.83 | $382.47 – $441.18 |
| 8 | Cigna cigna local plus/cigna sure fit hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $419.05 | $419.05 | $389.18 – $448.92 |
| 9 | Cigna cigna local plus/cigna sure fit hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $419.05 | $419.05 | $389.18 – $448.92 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo blue essentials tx facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $455.18 | $455.18 | $422.73 – $487.62 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $455.18 | $455.18 | $422.73 – $487.62 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs traditional facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $455.18 | $455.18 | $422.73 – $487.62 |
| 13 | Aetna aetna epo/aetna pos/aetna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $462.40 | $462.40 | $429.44 – $495.36 |
| 14 | Aetna aetna hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $462.40 | $462.40 | $429.44 – $495.36 |
| 15 | Cigna cigna harris county ppo/hmo/cigna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $462.40 | $462.40 | $429.44 – $495.36 |
| 16 | Cigna cigna harris county ppo/hmo/cigna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $462.40 | $462.40 | $429.44 – $495.36 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare golden rule/umr/united healthcare international/united healthcare pos/epo/united healthcare ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $462.40 | $462.40 | $429.44 – $495.36 |
| 18 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $635.80 | $635.80 | $590.48 – $681.12 |
| 19 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $650.25 | $650.25 | $603.90 – $696.60 |
| 20 | MultiPlan multiplan other facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $650.25 | $650.25 | $603.90 – $696.60 |
| 21 | MultiPlan multiplan other facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $650.25 | $650.25 | $603.90 – $696.60 |
| 22 | First Health ccn network facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $686.38 | $686.38 | $637.45 – $735.30 |
| 23 | First Health ccn network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $686.38 | $686.38 | $637.45 – $735.30 |
Last updated: Mar 5, 2026
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