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
Philadelphia, PA
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The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania D/B/A The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s median price of $1.1k is 228% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 78% 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: 16 payers, 40 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 | Kaiser kaiser transplant medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $92.51 | $92.51 | $92.51 – $92.51 |
| 2 | Optum optum urn-transplant managed medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $96.70 | $96.70 | $96.70 – $96.70 |
| 3 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-medicare hmo facility · other · outpatient | $109.89 | $109.89 | $109.89 – $109.89 |
| 4 | Kaiser kaiser transplant medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.89 | $109.89 | $109.89 – $109.89 |
| 5 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.89 | $109.89 | $109.89 – $109.89 |
| 6 | Optum optum urn-transplant managed medicare facility · other · outpatient | $109.89 | $109.89 | $109.89 – $109.89 |
| 7 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.89 | $109.89 | $109.89 – $109.89 |
| 8 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $112.09 | $112.09 | $112.09 – $112.09 |
| 9 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $113.19 | $113.19 | $113.19 – $113.19 |
| 10 | Humana humana medicare facility · other · outpatient | $113.19 | $113.19 | $113.19 – $113.19 |
| 11 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $115.38 | $115.38 | $115.38 – $115.38 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna medicare hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $116.48 | $116.48 | $116.48 – $116.48 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $116.48 | $116.48 | $116.48 – $116.48 |
| 14 | Clover clover health plan facility · other · outpatient | $118.68 | $118.68 | $118.68 – $118.68 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare community (fka americhoice ma) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $173.56 | $173.56 | $173.56 – $173.56 |
| 16 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $186.81 | $186.81 | $186.81 – $186.81 |
| 17 | Highmark highmark facility · other · outpatient | $231.09 | $231.09 | $231.09 – $231.09 |
| 18 | Cigna cigna new business facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $233.95 | $233.95 | $233.95 – $233.95 |
| 19 | Cigna cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $240.97 | $240.97 | $240.97 – $240.97 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield keystone health plan east-ibc hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $304.37 | $304.37 | $304.37 – $304.37 |
| 21 | Optum optum urn-cancer resource services facility · other · outpatient | $549.45 | $549.45 | $549.45 – $549.45 |
| 22 | Optum optum urn-transplant commercial facility · other · outpatient | $549.45 | $549.45 | $549.45 – $549.45 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield personal choice-ibc ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $601.26 | $601.26 | $601.26 – $601.26 |
| 24 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $603.84 | $603.84 | $603.84 – $603.84 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare new business facility · other · outpatient | $977.00 | $977.00 | $977.00 – $977.00 |
Last updated: Feb 10, 2026
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