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
Williamsport, PA
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UPMC Williamsport’s median price of $2.5k is 219% above the median hospital's median price ($779), higher than 87% 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: 7 payers, 29 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/freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage/together blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $344 | $344 | — | — | — | $344 – $344 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $344 | $344 | — | — | — | $344 – $344 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $351 | $351 | — | — | — | $351 – $351 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $351 | $351 | — | — | — | $351 – $351 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $364 | $364 | — | — | — | $364 – $364 |
| 6 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $382 | $382 | — | — | — | $382 – $382 |
| 8 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $476 | $476 | — | — | — | $476 – $476 |
| 9 | MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 10 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 11 | Aetna pebtf custom network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 12 | Aetna pebtf custom network facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 13 | Highmark bluecare hmo/fplic ppo/traditional products facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 14 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 15 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 16 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 17 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 18 | Aetna first health facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 19 | Aetna first health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 20 | First Health fh-medical rental facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 21 | First Health fh-medical rental facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 24 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 25 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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