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
CT LUMBAR SPINE W CON
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $5.0k is 716% above the median hospital's median price ($611), higher than 99% of the 2,615 hospitals reporting CPT 72132. 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 | UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $113 | $113 | — | — | — | $113 – $113 |
| 2 | Aetna chip/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $196 | $196 | — | — | — | $196 – $196 |
| 3 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $223 | $223 | — | — | — | $223 – $223 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $238 | $238 | — | — | — | $238 – $238 |
| 5 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 6 | Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 7 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $375 | $375 | — | — | — | $375 – $375 |
| 10 | Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $379 | $379 | — | — | — | $379 – $379 |
| 11 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $940 | $940 | — | — | — | $940 – $940 |
| 12 | MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $964 | $964 | — | — | — | $964 – $964 |
| 13 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 14 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 15 | Aetna medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 16 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 17 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 18 | Highmark medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | — | $3.8k – $3.8k |
| 19 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $5.4k | $5.4k | — | — | — | $5.4k – $5.4k |
| 20 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5.4k | $5.4k | — | — | — | $5.4k – $5.4k |
| 21 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 22 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 23 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | — | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 24 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | — | $6.5k – $6.5k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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