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 W/O CNTRST
Harrisburg, PA
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals’s median price of $771 is 125% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 68% 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: 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 | Highmark community blue medicare advantage/complete blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage/together blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $103.55 | $103.55 | $103.55 – $103.55 |
| 2 | Highmark freedom blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $105.11 | $105.11 | $105.11 – $105.11 |
| 3 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $107.74 | $107.74 | $107.74 – $107.74 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.10 | $109.10 | $109.10 – $109.10 |
| 5 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.83 | $109.83 | $109.83 – $109.83 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $111.92 | $111.92 | $111.92 – $111.92 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $115.41 | $115.41 | $115.41 – $115.41 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $176.01 | $176.01 | $176.01 – $176.01 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $292.00 | $292.00 | $292.00 – $292.00 |
| 10 | Aetna aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $859.94 | $859.94 | $859.94 – $859.94 |
| 11 | Aetna pebtf aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $912.50 | $912.50 | $912.50 – $912.50 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $931.36 | $931.36 | $931.36 – $931.36 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $931.36 | $931.36 | $931.36 – $931.36 |
| 14 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,075 | $1,075 | $1,075 – $1,075 |
| 15 | Highmark chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,420 | $1,420 | $1,420 – $1,420 |
| 16 | Highmark commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,420 | $1,420 | $1,420 – $1,420 |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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