CPT 72084 · 1,281 hospitals reporting

Xr-spine,entire,minimum 6 view

The same procedure costs $51.12 at one hospital and $7,649 at another — a 150× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $416.

Cheapest published

$51.12

22 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,281 hospitals

$416

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$7,649

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

500 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
SANFORD MAYVILLE	ND	$520	$416	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD HILLSBORO	ND	$520	$416	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	WI	$756	$416	—	—	5 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL	IL	$573	$413	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL INC	IL	$573	$413	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$768	$422	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$768	$422	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$768	$422	—	—	5 insurers
HCA HEALTHONE PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKES	CO	$408	$408	$169	$447	5 insurers
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$1,065	$426	—	—	5 insurers
COOKEVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$695	$426	—	—	1 insurers
ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL - GARDEN CITY	KS	$1,066	$426	—	—	4 insurers
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY	KS	$1,066	$426	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$535	$428	—	—	2 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$535	$428	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$535	$428	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$2,112	$401	—	—	5 insurers
TWIN CITY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$570	$399	$222	$519	5 insurers
UCHEALTH YAMPA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$443	$399	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH DELAND	FL	$788	$433	$28.33	$709	5 insurers
AIKEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	$991	$396	—	—	5 insurers
SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	TN	$991	$396	—	—	5 insurers
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$396	$396	$396	$396	1 insurers
POCAHONTAS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$485	$437	—	—	0 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$608	$395	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$608	$395	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MN	$492	$394	—	—	1 insurers
SYRACUSE AREA HEALTH	NE	$492	$394	—	—	1 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$492	$394	—	—	1 insurers
ST ANTHONY SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$1,096	$439	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$975	$390	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$975	$390	—	—	5 insurers
ST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	MO	$646	$388	$103	$900	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH COTTAGE GROVE COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$685	$445	—	—	0 insurers
PEACE HARBOR MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$685	$445	—	—	0 insurers
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$677	$447	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$876	$447	—	—	5 insurers
UP HEALTH SYSTEM PORTAGE	MI	$745	$447	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER FARGO	ND	$561	$449	—	—	2 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HOSPITAL FRISCO	TX	$639	$383	—	—	1 insurers