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Original text from hospital filings
HC SPINE CERVICAL 2 OR 3 VIEWS
Boone, NC
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Watauga Medical Center, Inc’s median price of $117 is 7% below the median hospital's median price ($125), higher than 46% 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: 9 payers, 20 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $79.91 | $79.91 | $79.91 – $79.91 |
| 2 | Humana medicare hmo/medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $82.38 | $82.38 | $82.38 – $82.38 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $82.38 | $82.38 | $82.38 – $82.38 |
| 4 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $82.38 | $82.38 | $82.38 – $82.38 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $86.50 | $86.50 | $86.50 – $86.50 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $87.32 | $87.32 | $87.32 – $87.32 |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $113.57 | $113.57 | $113.57 – $113.57 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare chip/medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $113.57 | $113.57 | $113.57 – $113.57 |
| 9 | WellCare managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $114.71 | $114.71 | $114.71 – $114.71 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select/blue value/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $286.07 | $286.07 | $286.07 – $286.07 |
| 11 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $332.97 | $332.97 | $332.97 – $332.97 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $342.11 | $342.11 | $342.11 – $342.11 |
| 13 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $346.75 | $346.75 | $346.75 – $346.75 |
| 14 | Medcost standard facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $347.16 | $347.16 | $347.16 – $347.16 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $355.01 | $355.01 | $355.01 – $355.01 |
| 16 | Medcost standard facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $361.51 | $361.51 | $361.51 – $361.51 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $423.12 | $423.12 | $423.12 – $423.12 |
| 18 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $436.02 | $436.02 | $423.12 – $448.92 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $440.67 | $440.67 | $432.41 – $448.92 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · per diem · outpatient | $562.00 | $562.00 | $562.00 – $562.00 |
Last updated: Jun 3, 2026
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