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
MR SP CANAL LUMBAR W
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $6.7k is 757% above the median hospital's median price ($779), higher than 100% of the 2,508 hospitals reporting CPT 72149. 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 | $323 | $323 | — | — | — | $323 – $323 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 3 | Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 4 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $375 | $375 | — | — | — | $375 – $375 |
| 7 | Aetna chip/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $441 | $441 | — | — | — | $441 – $441 |
| 8 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $503 | $503 | — | — | — | $503 – $503 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $536 | $536 | — | — | — | $536 – $536 |
| 10 | Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $688 | $688 | — | — | — | $688 – $688 |
| 11 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 12 | MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 13 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 14 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 15 | Aetna medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 16 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 17 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.6k | $4.6k | — | — | — | $4.6k – $4.6k |
| 18 | Highmark medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | — | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 19 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $9.3k | $9.3k | — | — | — | $9.3k – $9.3k |
| 20 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $9.3k | $9.3k | — | — | — | $9.3k – $9.3k |
| 21 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $10.7k | $10.7k | — | — | — | $10.7k – $10.7k |
| 22 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $10.7k | $10.7k | — | — | — | $10.7k – $10.7k |
| 23 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $11.3k | $11.3k | — | — | — | $11.3k – $11.3k |
| 24 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $11.3k | $11.3k | — | — | — | $11.3k – $11.3k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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