Lumbosacral spine X-ray, 2 to 3 views at Watauga Medical Center, Inc

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.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC SPINE LUMBOSACRAL 2 OR 3 VWS

Boone, NC

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Watauga Medical Center, Inc’s median price of $148 is 3% above the median hospital's median price ($144), higher than 51% of the 2,629 hospitals reporting CPT 72100. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 72100 at Watauga Medical Center, Inc

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	$96.51	$96.51	$96.51 – $96.51
2	Humana medicare hmo/medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$99.49	$99.49	$99.49 – $99.49
3	Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$99.49	$99.49	$99.49 – $99.49
4	Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$99.49	$99.49	$99.49 – $99.49
5	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$104.46	$104.46	$104.46 – $104.46
6	Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$105.46	$105.46	$105.46 – $105.46
7	Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$143.73	$143.73	$143.73 – $143.73
8	UnitedHealthcare chip/medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$143.73	$143.73	$143.73 – $143.73
9	WellCare managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$145.16	$145.16	$145.16 – $145.16
10	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select/blue value/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$362.02	$362.02	$362.02 – $362.02
11	Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$421.38	$421.38	$421.38 – $421.38
12	UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$432.94	$432.94	$432.94 – $432.94
13	Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$438.82	$438.82	$438.82 – $438.82
14	Medcost standard facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$439.34	$439.34	$439.34 – $439.34
15	UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$449.26	$449.26	$449.26 – $449.26
16	Medcost standard facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$457.49	$457.49	$457.49 – $457.49
17	Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$535.46	$535.46	$535.46 – $535.46
18	Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$551.79	$551.79	$535.46 – $568.11
19	Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$557.66	$557.66	$547.21 – $568.11
20	UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · per diem · outpatient	$562.00	$562.00	$562.00 – $562.00

Last updated: Jun 3, 2026

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