X-ray, lower back
Facility: Titusville Area Hospital
Billing Code: 72110 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $62 compared to the $88 fair price benchmark.
2-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.70× fair market pricing.
Highest price of the 9 PA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
Note: 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, lower back is about $88 (about 0.8× the $107 Medicare rate). Titusville Area Hospital charges insurers about $62, or about $200 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Titusville, PA.
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
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 | $83 - $300 | 78% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $114 - $158 | 107% |
| Aetnamajor | $114 | 107% |
| Cignamajor | $114 - $244 | 107% |
| Humanamajor | $114 | 107% |
| AmeriHealth | $37 | 35% |
| Geisinger | $37 | 35% |
| HealthPartners | $37 | 35% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $25 - $88 | 23% |
| + 1 smaller / regional plan | $114 |
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Other Procedures at Titusville Area Hospital
Compare: X-ray, lower back at other PA hospitals
- Reading Hospital · West Reading $29
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia $34
- UPMC Altoona · Altoona $35
- Penn Highlands Connellsville · Connellsville $37
- Pottstown Hospital · Pottstown $38
- UPMC Wellsboro · Wellsboro $40
- UPMC Muncy · Muncy $41
- Phoenixville Hospital · Phoenixville $45
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Titusville Area Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $121
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $121).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($200) Beats Your Bill
Titusville Area Hospital's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $200 (vs. $62 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $88 Fair BaseRate ($107 Medicare)
Your bill ($334) is $246 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($88) and 3.1× the $107 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.