X-ray, lower back
Facility: Cedar City Hospital
Billing Code: 72110 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $87 compared to the $88 fair price benchmark.
3-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.99× fair market pricing.
One of the lower prices — 5 of 8 other UT hospitals charge more for the same procedure.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 UT 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). Cedar City Hospital charges insurers about $87, or about $463 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Cedar City, UT.
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 | $12 - $556 | 11% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $12 - $587 | 11% |
| Aetnamajor | $12 - $595 | 11% |
| Cignamajor | $328 - $587 | 307% |
| Humanamajor | $12 - $118 | 11% |
| HealthPartners | $12 - $113 | 11% |
| Molina | $12 - $587 | 11% |
| SelectHealth | $12 - $556 | 11% |
| + 32 smaller / regional plans | $12 - $587 |
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Other Procedures at Cedar City Hospital
Compare: X-ray, lower back at other UT hospitals
- Intermountain Health Sanpete Valley Hospital · Mount Pleasant $37
- Primary Children's Hospital · Salt Lake City $37
- Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital · Provo $87
- Intermountain Health Logan Regional Hospital · Logan $101
- Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital · Riverton $102
- Holy Cross Hospital - Salt Lake · Salt Lake City $105
- Lds Hospital · Salt Lake City $105
- American Fork Hospital · American Fork $105
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Cedar City Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $224
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 = $224).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($463) Beats Your Bill
Cedar City Hospital's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $463 (vs. $87 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 ($618) is $530 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($88) and 5.8× 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.