How much does CT lumbar spine, without contrast cost in Florida?
CPT 72131 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for Florida.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
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72131 CT lumbar spine, without contrast
Market typical price
$3,262
90 facilities · typical range $1,275 – $9,240 · 30.7× Medicare OPPS
Typical
$3,262
Medicare $106
$108 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $22,141
What Medicare paysⓘ
$106
Market typical
$3,262
Cash / self-pay price
$3,282
Prices near you — 90 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Ranch Medical Center (UHS, Bradenton) lowest | Hospital | $108negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami) | Hospital | $116cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.2% |
| Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center (Melbourne) | Hospital | $510cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Health First Cape Canaveral Hospital (Cocoa Beach) | Hospital | $510cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.9% |
| Health First Viera Hospital (Melbourne) | Hospital | $510cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital (Stuart) | Hospital | $597cash | 5.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4% |
| Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston Hospital | Hospital | $597cash | 5.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (Jacksonville) | Hospital | $601cash | 5.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (Jacksonville) | Hospital | $601cash | 5.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Tampa General Hospital (Tampa) | Hospital | $622cash | 5.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| UHealth Tower – University of Miami Hospital and Clinics (Miami) | Hospital | $730cash | 6.9× | — |
| Manatee Memorial Hospital (UHS, Bradenton) | Hospital | $853negotiated | 8.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.3% |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola | Hospital | $883cash | 8.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center | Hospital | $1,008cash | 9.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (incl. Jewett Orthopedic Institute) | Hospital | $1,095cash | 10.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital (St. Petersburg) | Hospital | $1,095cash | 10.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital | Hospital | $1,095cash | 10.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.3% |
| Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville | Hospital | $1,127cash | 10.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Baptist Medical Center Beaches (Jacksonville Beach) | Hospital | $1,127cash | 10.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Baptist Hospital (Pensacola) | Hospital | $1,200cash | 11.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Baptist Gulf Breeze Hospital [ORTHO-FOCUSED: Andrews Institute] | Hospital | $1,200cash | 11.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| Jupiter Medical Center | Hospital | $1,242cash | 11.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.3% |
| UF Health St. Johns – Flagler Hospital (St. Augustine) | Hospital | $1,285cash | 12.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4% |
| UF Health Shands Hospital (Gainesville) | Hospital | $1,285cash | 12.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| UF Health The Villages Hospital | Hospital | $1,285cash | 12.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Lee Health Lee Memorial Hospital (Fort Myers) | Hospital | $1,496cash | 14.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Lee Health Cape Coral Hospital | Hospital | $1,496cash | 14.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.6% |
| Lee Health Gulf Coast Medical Center (Fort Myers) | Hospital | $1,496cash | 14.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center – Pine Ridge (Naples) | Hospital | $2,000cash | 18.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| NCH Baker Hospital / Naples Community Hospital (Naples) | Hospital | $2,036cash | 19.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Wellington Regional Medical Center (UHS) | Hospital | $2,057cash | 19.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.3% |
| UF Health Jacksonville (Shands Jacksonville) | Hospital | $2,240cash | 21.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital | Hospital | $2,438cash | 22.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 2.9% |
| Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare | Hospital | $2,470cash | 23.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.2% |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital – Venice | Hospital | $2,486cash | 23.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Memorial Regional Hospital (Hollywood) | Hospital | $2,860cash | 26.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Memorial Hospital Miramar | Hospital | $2,860cash | 26.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Memorial Hospital West (Pembroke Pines) | Hospital | $2,860cash | 26.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital | Hospital | $2,985cash | 28.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Holy Cross Health (Fort Lauderdale) | Hospital | $3,212cash | 30.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.3% |
| BayCare Mease Countryside Hospital (Safety Harbor) | Hospital | $3,241cash | 30.5× | ★★★★★ |
| BayCare St. Joseph's Hospital (Tampa) | Hospital | $3,241cash | 30.5× | ★★★★★ |
| BayCare St. Anthony's Hospital (St. Petersburg) | Hospital | $3,241cash | 30.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| BayCare Morton Plant Hospital (Clearwater) | Hospital | $3,241cash | 30.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Baptist Health Doctors Hospital (Coral Gables) [ORTHO-FOCUSED: Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute] | Hospital | $3,282cash | 30.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4% |
| Baptist Health South Miami Hospital | Hospital | $3,282cash | 30.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Baptist Health West Kendall Baptist Hospital (Miami) | Hospital | $3,282cash | 30.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Baptist Health Bethesda Hospital East (Boynton Beach) | Hospital | $3,282cash | 30.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 6.7% |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami Beach) | Hospital | $3,420cash | 32.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.2% |
| Baptist Hospital of Miami | Hospital | $3,500cash | 32.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Delray Medical Center (Tenet, Delray Beach) | Hospital | $3,573cash | 33.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 6.1% |
| Halifax Health Medical Center (Daytona Beach) | Hospital | $3,628cash | 34.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Broward Health Medical Center (Fort Lauderdale) | Hospital | $3,989cash | 37.5× | ★★★★★ |
| AdventHealth Orlando (incl. Altamonte Springs, Celebration, Winter Park, East Orlando, Apopka, Kissimmee campuses – one CCN/MRF) | Hospital | $3,993cash | 37.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| St. Mary's Medical Center (Tenet, West Palm Beach) [Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute] | Hospital | $4,372cash | 41.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| AdventHealth Daytona Beach | Hospital | $4,489cash | 42.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Broward Health North (Deerfield Beach) | Hospital | $4,734cash | 44.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5% |
| Broward Health Coral Springs | Hospital | $4,757cash | 44.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4% |
| AdventHealth Ocala | Hospital | $4,889cash | 46.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| AdventHealth Tampa | Hospital | $5,625cash | 52.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Good Samaritan Medical Center (Tenet, West Palm Beach) | Hospital | $6,210cash | 58.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| West Boca Medical Center (Tenet, Boca Raton) | Hospital | $6,961cash | 65.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
| AdventHealth Wesley Chapel | Hospital | $7,813cash | 73.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital (Tallahassee) | Hospital | $8,259cash | 77.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4% |
| HCA Florida Aventura Hospital | Hospital | $8,796cash | 82.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| HCA Florida Northwest Hospital (Margate) | Hospital | $8,990cash | 84.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| HCA Florida Largo Hospital | Hospital | $9,149cash | 86.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| HCA Florida Ocala Hospital | Hospital | $9,224cash | 86.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 6.2% |
| Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center (Tenet) | Hospital | $9,290cash | 87.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.7% |
| HCA Florida Westside Hospital (Plantation) | Hospital | $10,686cash | 100.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| HCA Florida Oviedo Medical Center | Hospital | $10,994cash | 103.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.1% |
| HCA Florida West Hospital (Pensacola) | Hospital | $11,556cash | 108.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| HCA Florida Mercy Hospital (Miami) | Hospital | $12,133cash | 114.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.1% |
| HCA Florida Palms West Hospital (Loxahatchee) | Hospital | $12,906cash | 121.4× | ★★★★★ |
| HCA Florida Blake Hospital (Bradenton) | Hospital | $13,437cash | 126.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital (Sanford) | Hospital | $13,880cash | 130.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| HCA Florida North Florida Hospital (Gainesville) | Hospital | $14,206cash | 133.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 2.6% |
| HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital | Hospital | $14,219cash | 133.7× | ★★★★★ |
| HCA Florida Memorial Hospital (Jacksonville) | Hospital | $14,662cash | 137.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.3% |
| HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital | Hospital | $15,637cash | 147.0× | ★★★★★ |
| HCA Florida Kendall Hospital (Miami) | Hospital | $16,399cash | 154.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital | Hospital | $17,020cash | 160.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| HCA Florida Brandon Hospital | Hospital | $17,395cash | 163.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital (Hudson) | Hospital | $17,778cash | 167.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| HCA Florida JFK Hospital (Atlantis) | Hospital | $18,291cash | 172.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| HCA Florida Trinity Hospital | Hospital | $19,628cash | 184.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital | Hospital | $19,881cash | 187.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 2.5% |
| HCA Florida Northside Hospital (St. Petersburg) | Hospital | $20,248cash | 190.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| HCA Florida Osceola Hospital (Kissimmee) gross charge | Hospital | $21,799cash | 205.0× | ★★★★★ |
| HCA Florida UCF Lake Nona Hospital (Orlando) gross charge | Hospital | $22,141cash | 208.2× | ★★★★★ |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 2 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
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What should 72131 cost in Florida?
For CT lumbar spine, without contrast (CPT 72131) in Florida, a fair self-pay price is around $3,262, with hospitals ranging from $1,275 to $9,240 across 90 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $106, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does CT lumbar spine, without contrast cost in Florida?
A fair self-pay price for CT lumbar spine, without contrast (CPT 72131) in Florida is around $3,262, with hospital prices ranging from $1,275 to $9,240 across 90 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 72131?
Medicare pays about $106 for CT lumbar spine, without contrast (CPT 72131). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of CT lumbar spine, without contrast?
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.