CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, lower back (lumbar spine)

Facility: HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital

Billing Code: 72131 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$1,205

about 11.3× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $135–$1,896

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $1,205 Cash price $13,793 Hospital's list price $13,793

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Aetna Blue Cross Blue ShieldCignaHumanaKaiser 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	$245 - $6,240	229%
Aetnamajor	$1,258 - $4,160	1178%
AvMed	$1,695 - $6,933	1587%
Molina	$2,620 - $4,437	2453%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$2,123 - $12,479

Excludes 6 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 13,793), 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: 72131.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 72131.
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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

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