CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, lower back (lumbar spine)

Facility: Mount Carmel Dublin

Billing Code: 72131 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$233

about 2.2× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $106–$339

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$248

About the fair price

about $15 over the fair price · 2.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $233 This hospital $248 Cash price $1,321 Hospital's list price $2,033

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How this hospital compares to other OH hospitals

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

Cheapest $68 Priciest $248

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 OH 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 CT scan, lower back (lumbar spine) is about $233 (about 2.2× the $107 Medicare rate). Mount Carmel Dublin charges insurers about $248, or about $1,321 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Dublin, OH.

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✓ 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	$101 - $1,182	95%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$99 - $2,033	93%
Aetnamajor	$99 - $1,385	93%
Cignamajor	$1,126	1054%
Humanamajor	$1,039 - $2,033	973%
AmeriHealth	$949	888%
GEHA	$913 - $1,182	855%
HealthLink	$1,525	1428%
HealthPartners	$1,126	1054%
MagnaCare	$949	888%
Medical Mutual	$248 - $342	232%
MVP Health Care	$1,126	1054%
Oscar Health	$101	95%
Paramount	$1,071	1003%
Priority Health	$1,126	1054%
UniCare	$949	888%
+ 85 smaller / regional plans	$103 - $1,728

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 7 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 1,321), 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 Mount Carmel Dublin 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.

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Other Procedures at Mount Carmel Dublin

Compare: CT scan, lower back (lumbar spine) at other OH hospitals

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