CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, neck (cervical spine)

Facility: John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus

Billing Code: 72040 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$121

about 1.4× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $104–$140

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$123

About the fair price

about $2 over the fair price · 1.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $121 This hospital $123 Cash price $389 Hospital's list price $864

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $18 Priciest $123

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a X-ray, neck (cervical spine) is about $121 (about 1.4× the $89 Medicare rate). John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus charges insurers about $123, or about $389 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Walnut Creek, CA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

6 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana✓ Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$23 - $203	26%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$123 - $561	138%
Aetnamajor	$91 - $123	102%
Cignamajor	$223	251%
Humanamajor	$123 - $717	138%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$699	786%
Health Net	$120 - $211	135%
+ 29 smaller / regional plans	$23 - $4,000

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Military & VA.

Excludes 11 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 389), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 72040.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 72040.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.