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
XR C-SPINE 2 OR 3V
Birmingham, AL
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University of Alabama Hospital’s median price of $634 is 407% above the median hospital's median price ($125), higher than 96% of the 2,628 hospitals reporting CPT 72040. 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, 16 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 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $72.52 | $72.52 | $72.52 – $72.52 |
| 2 | Bcbs Al medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $78.83 | $78.83 | $78.83 – $78.83 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $78.83 | $78.83 | $78.83 – $78.83 |
| 4 | Cigna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $84.35 | $84.35 | $84.35 – $84.35 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $85.14 | $85.14 | $85.14 – $85.14 |
| 6 | Ambetter commercial-exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $108.39 | $108.39 | $108.39 – $108.39 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $161.80 | $161.80 | $161.80 – $161.80 |
| 8 | Cigna new business facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $229.12 | $229.12 | $229.12 – $229.12 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $431.23 | $431.23 | $431.23 – $431.23 |
| 10 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $483.73 | $483.73 | $483.73 – $483.73 |
| 11 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $483.73 | $483.73 | $483.73 – $483.73 |
| 12 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $531.31 | $531.31 | $531.31 – $531.31 |
| 13 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $531.31 | $531.31 | $531.31 – $531.31 |
| 14 | MultiPlan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $650.26 | $650.26 | $650.26 – $650.26 |
| 15 | MultiPlan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $650.26 | $650.26 | $650.26 – $650.26 |
| 16 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $674.05 | $674.05 | $674.05 – $674.05 |
Last updated: Feb 19, 2026
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