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 CERVICAL SPINE 3 VWS OR LESS
Harrisburg, PA
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals’s median price of $107 is 14% below the median hospital's median price ($125), higher than 39% 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: 7 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 | UnitedHealthcare pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $21.61 | $21.61 | $21.61 – $21.61 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $33.66 | $33.66 | $33.66 – $33.66 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $62.80 | $62.80 | $62.80 – $62.80 |
| 4 | Highmark community blue medicare advantage/complete blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage/together blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $85.74 | $85.74 | $85.74 – $85.74 |
| 5 | Highmark freedom blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $87.03 | $87.03 | $87.03 – $87.03 |
| 6 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $89.21 | $89.21 | $89.21 – $89.21 |
| 7 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $90.33 | $90.33 | $90.33 – $90.33 |
| 8 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $90.94 | $90.94 | $90.94 – $90.94 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $92.67 | $92.67 | $92.67 – $92.67 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $121.11 | $121.11 | $121.11 – $121.11 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $121.11 | $121.11 | $121.11 – $121.11 |
| 12 | Highmark chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $175.05 | $175.05 | $175.05 – $175.05 |
| 13 | Highmark commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $175.05 | $175.05 | $175.05 – $175.05 |
| 14 | Aetna aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $184.95 | $184.95 | $184.95 – $184.95 |
| 15 | Aetna pebtf aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $196.25 | $196.25 | $196.25 – $196.25 |
| 16 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $231.10 | $231.10 | $231.10 – $231.10 |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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