CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, lower back (lumbar spine)

Facility: Bellin Health Oconto Hospital

Billing Code: 72131 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$548

about 5.1× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $148–$1,143

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $548 Cash price $415 Hospital's list price $639

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.

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	$262 - $447	245%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$217 - $1,424	203%
Aetnamajor	$320	300%
Cignamajor	$452 - $459	423%
Humanamajor	$217	203%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$217 - $575

Excludes 4 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 415), 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 Bellin Health Oconto 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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