How much does CT lumbar spine, without contrast cost in Ohio?
CPT 72131 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for Ohio.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
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72131 CT lumbar spine, without contrast
Market typical price
$1,057
107 facilities · typical range $764 – $1,485 · 9.9× Medicare OPPS
Typical
$1,057
Medicare $106
$96 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $3,834
What Medicare paysⓘ
$106
Market typical
$1,057
Cash / self-pay price
$1,094
Prices near you — 107 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenbeigh Health Sources (Rock Creek) lowest | Hospital | $96negotiated | 0.9× | — |
| Coshocton Regional Medical Center (Coshocton) | Hospital | $98cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| East Liverpool City Hospital (East Liverpool) | Hospital | $98cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Bethesda North (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $303cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $303cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Mccullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital (Oxford) | Hospital | $303cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Akron General Medical Center (Akron) | Hospital | $477cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland) | Hospital | $477cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital (Avon) | Hospital | $477cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.5% |
| Euclid Hospital (Euclid) | Hospital | $477cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Fairview Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $477cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Hillcrest Hospital (Mayfield Heights) | Hospital | $477cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Lutheran Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $477cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Marymount Hospital (Garfield Heights) | Hospital | $477cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.4% |
| Medina Hospital (Medina) | Hospital | $477cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| South Pointe Hospital (Warrensville Heights) | Hospital | $477cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Union Hospital (Dover) | Hospital | $477cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Aultman Hospital (Canton) | Hospital | $566cash | 5.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Bay Park Community Hospital (Oregon) | Hospital | $571cash | 5.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Promedica Toledo Hospital (Toledo) | Hospital | $571cash | 5.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.4% |
| Alliance Community Hospital (Alliance) | Hospital | $594cash | 5.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Metrohealth System (Cleveland) | Hospital | $631cash | 5.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $639cash | 6.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Mercy Health - West Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $665cash | 6.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital Llc (Mason) | Hospital | $665cash | 6.3× | — |
| Fairfield Medical Center (Lancaster) | Hospital | $738cash | 6.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe) | Hospital | $764cash | 7.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Trinity Medical Ctr East &Trinity Medical Ctr West (Steubenville) | Hospital | $791cash | 7.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.7% |
| Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center (Boardman) | Hospital | $823cash | 7.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.8% |
| Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital (Youngstown) | Hospital | $823cash | 7.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Mh St Joseph Warren Hospital (Warren) | Hospital | $823cash | 7.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio (Portsmouth) | Hospital | $832cash | 7.8× | — |
| Grady Memorial Hospital (Delaware) | Hospital | $835cash | 7.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Blanchard Valley Hospital (Findlay) | Hospital | $836cash | 7.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 7.2% |
| Doctors Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $868cash | 8.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital (Dublin) | Hospital | $868cash | 8.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Grant Medical Center (Columbus) | Hospital | $868cash | 8.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $868cash | 8.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Berger Hospital (Circleville) | Hospital | $883cash | 8.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Ohio State University State Health System (Columbus) | Hospital | $910negotiated | 8.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Memorial Hospital (Marysville) | Hospital | $933cash | 8.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Institute For Orthopaedic Surgery (Lima) | Hospital | $940negotiated | 8.8× | hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Madison Health (London) | Hospital | $965cash | 9.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center (Lima) | Hospital | $986cash | 9.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Mercy Health - Clermont Hospital (Batavia) | Hospital | $989cash | 9.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital (Fairfield) | Hospital | $989cash | 9.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $989cash | 9.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $989cash | 9.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Mercy Medical Center (Canton) | Hospital | $1,048cash | 9.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| Ohiohealth O'Bleness Hospital (Athens) | Hospital | $1,053cash | 9.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Surgical Hospital At Southwoods (Youngstown) | Hospital | $1,056cash | 9.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Wilson Memorial Hospital (Sidney) | Hospital | $1,059cash | 10.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomerene Hospital (Millersburg) | Hospital | $1,070cash | 10.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Wood County Hospital (Bowling Green) | Hospital | $1,092cash | 10.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $1,094cash | 10.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| West Chester Hospital (West Chester) | Hospital | $1,094cash | 10.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.1% |
| Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital (Defiance) | Hospital | $1,099cash | 10.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Van Wert County Hospital (Van Wert) | Hospital | $1,106cash | 10.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Trihealth Clinton Regional Hospital (Wilmington) | Hospital | $1,108cash | 10.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health - Tiffin Hospital (Tiffin) | Hospital | $1,112cash | 10.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital (Hamilton) | Hospital | $1,166cash | 11.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Kettering Health Dayton (Dayton) | Hospital | $1,166cash | 11.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Kettering Health Greene Memorial (Xenia) | Hospital | $1,166cash | 11.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) | Hospital | $1,166cash | 11.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Miamisburg (Miamisburg) | Hospital | $1,166cash | 11.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Troy (Troy) | Hospital | $1,166cash | 11.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Soin Medical Center (Beaver Creek) | Hospital | $1,166cash | 11.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Genesis Hospital (Zanesville) | Hospital | $1,199cash | 11.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| Fisher-Titus Hospital (Norwalk) | Hospital | $1,210cash | 11.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton) | Hospital | $1,274cash | 12.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Upper Valley Medical Center (Troy) | Hospital | $1,274cash | 12.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Atrium Medical Center (Franklin) | Hospital | $1,286cash | 12.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Memorial Hospital (Fremont) | Hospital | $1,307cash | 12.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Diley Ridge Medical Center (Canal Winchester) | Hospital | $1,321cash | 12.4× | — |
| Mount Carmel Dublin (Dublin) | Hospital | $1,321cash | 12.4× | — |
| Mount Carmel East & West (Columbus) | Hospital | $1,321cash | 12.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital (New Albany) | Hospital | $1,321cash | 12.4× | hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mount Carmel St Ann'S (Westerville) | Hospital | $1,321cash | 12.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| University Of Toledo Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $1,328cash | 12.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.0% |
| Marion General Hospital (Marion) | Hospital | $1,394cash | 13.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Knox Community Hospital (Mount Vernon) | Hospital | $1,485cash | 14.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Lima Memorial Health System (Lima) | Hospital | $1,500cash | 14.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Marietta Memorial Hospital (Marietta) | Hospital | $1,530cash | 14.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Springfield Regional Medical Center (Springfield) | Hospital | $1,580cash | 14.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mary Rutan Hospital (Bellefontaine) | Hospital | $1,586cash | 14.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital (Coldwater) | Hospital | $1,616cash | 15.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Salem Regional Medical Center (Salem) | Hospital | $1,621cash | 15.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center (Cambridge) | Hospital | $1,667cash | 15.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh Cleveland Medical Center (Cleveland) | Hospital | $1,702cash | 16.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Lake Health (Concord) | Hospital | $1,735cash | 16.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $1,735cash | 16.3× | hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| Parma Community General Hospital (Parma) | Hospital | $1,735cash | 16.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh Regional Hospitals (Chardon) | Hospital | $1,735cash | 16.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh St John Medical Center (Westlake) | Hospital | $1,735cash | 16.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
| University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center (Elyria) | Hospital | $1,735cash | 16.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $1,735cash | 16.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center (Ravenna) | Hospital | $1,735cash | 16.3× | ★★★★★ |
| University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center (Ashland) | Hospital | $1,797cash | 16.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Regional Medical Center (Lorain) | Hospital | $2,030cash | 19.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Ohiohealth Mansfield Hospital (Mansfield) | Hospital | $2,116cash | 19.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Ashtabula County Medical Center (Ashtabula) | Hospital | $2,406cash | 22.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Grand Lake Health System (Saint Marys) | Hospital | $2,420cash | 22.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center (Akron) gross charge | Hospital | $2,650cash | 24.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Avita Ontario (Ontario) gross charge | Hospital | $2,698cash | 25.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Summa Health System (Akron) gross charge | Hospital | $2,968cash | 27.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Summa Western Reserve Hospital (Cuyahoga Falls) gross charge | Hospital | $2,968cash | 27.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Licking Memorial Hospital (Newark) gross charge | Hospital | $3,834cash | 36.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
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. 5 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
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What should 72131 cost in Ohio?
For CT lumbar spine, without contrast (CPT 72131) in Ohio, a fair self-pay price is around $1,057, with hospitals ranging from $764 to $1,485 across 107 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $106, the benchmark every published rate is measured against. 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 Ohio?
A fair self-pay price for CT lumbar spine, without contrast (CPT 72131) in Ohio is around $1,057, with hospital prices ranging from $764 to $1,485 across 107 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?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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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.