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Original text from hospital filings
HC SPINE CERVICAL 2 OR 3 VIEWS
Chapel Hill, NC
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University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill’s median price of $137 is 10% above the median hospital's median price ($125), higher than 55% 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, 24 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 advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $82.91 | $82.91 | $82.91 – $82.91 |
| 2 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $85.47 | $85.47 | $85.47 – $85.47 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $85.47 | $85.47 | $85.47 – $85.47 |
| 4 | Cigna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $89.74 | $89.74 | $89.74 – $89.74 |
| 5 | Humana medicare hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $89.74 | $89.74 | $89.74 – $89.74 |
| 6 | Humana medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $89.74 | $89.74 | $89.74 – $89.74 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $89.74 | $89.74 | $89.74 – $89.74 |
| 8 | WellCare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $89.74 | $89.74 | $89.74 – $89.74 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $90.60 | $90.60 | $90.60 – $90.60 |
| 10 | Cigna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $96.53 | $96.53 | $96.53 – $96.53 |
| 11 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $137.21 | $137.21 | $137.21 – $137.21 |
| 12 | Optum chip/managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $137.21 | $137.21 | $137.21 – $137.21 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare chip/medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $137.21 | $137.21 | $137.21 – $137.21 |
| 14 | WellCare managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $137.21 | $137.21 | $137.21 – $137.21 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value individual facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $149.34 | $149.34 | $149.34 – $149.34 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value group facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $234.63 | $234.63 | $234.63 – $234.63 |
| 17 | Optum commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $267.30 | $267.30 | $267.30 – $267.30 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · per diem · outpatient | $270.00 | $270.00 | $270.00 – $270.00 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $242.80 | $271.26 | $234.68 – $336.30 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · per diem · outpatient | $345.00 | $345.00 | $345.00 – $345.00 |
| 21 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $366.30 | $366.30 | $366.30 – $366.30 |
| 22 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $396.00 | $396.00 | $396.00 – $396.00 |
| 23 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $396.00 | $396.00 | $396.00 – $396.00 |
| 24 | Optum commercial facility · per diem · inpatient | $4,481 | $4,481 | $4,481 – $4,481 |
Last updated: Jun 4, 2026
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