CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, lower back

Facility: Children's Hosp of Los Angeles

Billing Code: 72110 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$126

about 1.2× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $24–$177

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$132

About the fair price

about $6 over the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $126 This hospital $132 Cash price $161 Hospital's list price $161

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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 $21 Priciest $132

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

A fair price for a X-ray, lower back is about $126 (about 1.2× the $107 Medicare rate). Children's Hosp of Los Angeles charges insurers about $132, or about $161 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Los Angeles, CA.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

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

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	$97 - $161	91%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$87 - $161	81%
Aetnamajor	$84 - $89	79%
Cignamajor	$75	70%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$75 - $92	70%
Health Net	$64 - $201	60%
Molina	$24 - $150	22%
Presbyterian	$71 - $161	66%
Sentara	$61 - $161	57%
+ 114 smaller / regional plans	$24 - $242

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 3 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 161), 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: 72110.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Children's Hosp of Los Angeles is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 72110.
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 Children's Hosp of Los Angeles

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