CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, lower back

Facility: Seattle Children's Hospital

Billing Code: 72110 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$106

about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $30–$179

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$28

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $78 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $106 This hospital $28 Hospital's list price $53

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How this hospital compares to other WA hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other WA hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $21 Priciest $98

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

A fair price for a X-ray, lower back is about $106 (about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate). Seattle Children's Hospital charges insurers about $28 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Seattle, WA.

What each insurance company pays

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

6 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	$8 - $884	7%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$8 - $834	7%
Aetnamajor	$28 - $965	26%
Cignamajor	$26 - $854	24%
Humanamajor	$41 - $955	38%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$8 - $754	7%
Medical Mutual	$41 - $955	38%
Moda Health	$28 - $955	26%
Molina	$8 - $754	7%
PacificSource	$965	903%
Providence Health Plan	$26 - $854	24%
SelectHealth	$41 - $955	38%
Tufts Health Plan	$26 - $854	24%
+ 61 smaller / regional plans	$7 - $965

Government programs also on file: 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, 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 Seattle Children's Hospital 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 Seattle Children's Hospital

Compare: X-ray, lower back at other WA hospitals

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