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CT Scan of Lower Spine without Contrast Cost in North Carolina
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 99 North Carolina hospitals. CPT 72131. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $1,504
📉 Low $439
📈 High $4,376
🏥 99 hospitals
🏛️ 62 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $123
Hospital comparison — North Carolina
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 99 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | Aetna | BCBS | Centene | UHC | Cigna | Humana | MultiPlan | Health Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWAIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BRYSON CITY |
$439 | $39.00 | $39.00 | $39.00 | $39.00 | $68.20 | — | — | $39.00 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DURHAM |
$457 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DUKE RALEIGH HOSPITAL RALEIGH |
$457 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DUKE REGIONAL HOSPITAL DURHAM |
$457 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST DAVIE MEDICAL CENTER BERMUDA RUN |
$617 | $103 | $103 | $103 | $103 | $103 | $104 | $1,111 | — |
| HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CLYDE |
$633 | $44.60 | $28.92 | $45.31 | $37.10 | $100 | $102 | — | — |
| HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL HOSPITAL ROAD SYLVA |
$633 | $44.60 | $36.18 | $49.49 | $100 | $295 | $102 | — | $100 |
| ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST WINSTON SALEM |
$651 | $309 | $292 | $298 | $298 | $781 | $712 | $1,172 | — |
| ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST LEXINGTON MEDICAL CENTER LEXINGTON |
$666 | $378 | $372 | $253 | $253 | $579 | $1,172 | $1,199 | — |
| NORTH CAROLINA SPECIALTY HOSPITAL DURHAM |
$666 | $58.90 | $50.22 | $107 | — | $77.60 | — | $80.00 | — |
| CONE HEALTH ALAMANCE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BURLINGTON |
$667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CONE HEALTH WESLEY LONG HOSPITAL GREENSBORO |
$667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CONE HEALTH MOSES CONE HOSPITAL GREENSBORO |
$667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CONE HEALTH ANNIE PENN HOSPITAL REIDSVILLE |
$667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CONE HEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL GREENSBORO |
$667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST WILKES MEDICAL CENTER NORTH WILKESBORO |
$752 | $572 | $523 | $284 | $284 | $789 | — | $1,385 | — |
| NOVANT HEALTH PENDER MEDICAL CENTER BURGAW |
$800 | $492 | $220 | $509 | $1,298 | $494 | $456 | — | — |
| UNC HEALTH PARDEE NORTH JUSTICE STREET HENDERSONVILLE |
$816 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALLEGHANY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DOCTORS STREET SPARTA |
$923 | $628 | $256 | $628 | $628 | $1,551 | — | — | — |
| ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HIGH POINT MEDICAL CENTER HIGH POINT |
$966 | $576 | $655 | $283 | $283 | $1,061 | $1,798 | $1,740 | — |
| WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PLYMOUTH |
$994 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNC ROCKINGHAM HOSPITAL EAST KINGS HWY EDEN |
$1,033 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WAKEMED CARY HOSPITAL CARY |
$1,088 | $103 | $103 | $123 | — | — | — | — | — |
| WAKEMED NORTH HOSPITAL RALEIGH |
$1,088 | $103 | $103 | $103 | — | — | — | — | — |
| WAKEMED MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING HOSPITAL - WAKEBROOK SUNNYBROOK ROAD RALEIGH |
$1,088 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER CHARLOTTE |
$1,095 | $104 | $102 | $389 | $102 | $105 | $102 | $1,642 | — |
| DUKE HEALTH LAKE NORMAN HOSPITAL MOORESVILLE |
$1,147 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NOVANT HEALTH FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER WINSTON-SALEM |
$1,186 | $104 | $101 | $374 | $101 | $104 | $101 | $1,778 | — |
| RANDOLPH HOSPITAL ASHEBORO |
$1,199 | $24.70 | $17.00 | $112 | $14.10 | $33.00 | $112 | — | — |
| NOVANT HEALTH CLEMMONS MEDICAL CENTER CLEMMONS |
$1,213 | $104 | $101 | $383 | $101 | $104 | $101 | $1,819 | — |
| MARIA PARHAM MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSON |
$1,222 | $47.10 | $34.39 | $57.05 | $100 | $56.70 | $100 | — | $100 |
| WAYNE UNC HEALTHCARE WAYNE MEMORIAL DR GOLDSBORO |
$1,253 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NOVANT HEALTH BRUNSWICK MEDICAL CENTER BOLIVIA |
$1,274 | $115 | $112 | $252 | $112 | $116 | $112 | $2,292 | — |
| THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL NAGS HEAD |
$1,305 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER HICKORY |
$1,381 | $1,401 | $107 | $105 | $149 | $102 | $104 | $1,956 | — |
| NOVANT HEALTH BALLANTYNE MEDICAL CENTER CHARLOTTE |
$1,384 | $104 | $102 | $576 | $102 | $105 | $102 | $2,076 | — |
| NOVANT HEALTH CHARLOTTE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL CHARLOTTE |
$1,384 | $104 | $102 | $492 | $102 | $105 | $102 | $2,076 | — |
| NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER MATTHEWS |
$1,384 | $104 | $102 | $367 | $102 | $105 | $102 | $2,076 | — |
| NOVANT HEALTH ROWAN MEDICAL CENTER SALISBURY |
$1,384 | $104 | $102 | $476 | $102 | $105 | $102 | $2,076 | — |
| NOVANT HEALTH HUNTERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HUNTERSVILLE |
$1,384 | $104 | $102 | $349 | $102 | $105 | $102 | $2,076 | — |
| NOVANT HEALTH MINT HILL MEDICAL CENTER CHARLOTTE |
$1,384 | $104 | $102 | $1,088 | $102 | $105 | $102 | $2,076 | — |
| WATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER BOONE |
$1,422 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CANNON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LINVILLE |
$1,422 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHATHAM HOSPITAL PROGRESS BOULEVARD SILER CITY |
$1,447 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNC HEALTH SOUTHEASTERN TH ST LUMBERTON |
$1,447 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNC LENOIR HEALTH CARE AIRPORT RD KINSTON |
$1,465 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NOVANT HEALTH KERNERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER KERNERSVILLE |
$1,478 | $104 | $101 | $467 | $101 | $104 | $101 | $2,218 | — |
| ATRIUM HEALTH KINGS MOUNTAIN SHELBY |
$1,504 | $45.53 | $676 | $48.55 | $45.66 | $43.99 | $44.87 | $2,858 | $1,330 |
| ATRIUM HEALTH MERCY CHARLOTTE |
$1,504 | $45.53 | $532 | $48.55 | $45.66 | $43.99 | $44.87 | $2,767 | $1,330 |
| ATRIUM HEALTH CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER CHARLOTTE |
$1,504 | $45.53 | $676 | $48.55 | $45.66 | $43.99 | $44.87 | $2,707 | $1,330 |
| ATRIUM HEALTH STANLY ALBERMARLE |
$1,504 | $45.53 | $468 | $48.55 | $45.66 | $43.99 | $44.87 | $2,828 | $1,330 |
| ATRIUM HEALTH LINCOLN LINCOLNTON |
$1,504 | $45.53 | $862 | $48.55 | $45.66 | $43.99 | $44.87 | $2,858 | $1,330 |
| ATRIUM HEALTH CABARRUS CONCORD |
$1,504 | $45.53 | $599 | $48.55 | $45.66 | $43.99 | $44.87 | $2,858 | $1,330 |
| CAROLINAS REHABILITATION MOUNT HOLLY BELMONT |
$1,504 | $45.53 | $1,043 | $48.55 | $45.66 | $43.99 | $44.87 | $2,767 | $1,330 |
| ATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITY CHARLOTTE |
$1,504 | $45.53 | $423 | $48.55 | $45.66 | $43.99 | $44.87 | $2,767 | $1,330 |
| ATRIUM HEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTE |
$1,504 | $45.53 | $43.99 | $48.55 | $48.55 | $46.19 | $44.87 | — | — |
| ATRIUM HEALTH LEVINE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARLOTTE |
$1,504 | $45.53 | $1,255 | $48.55 | $45.66 | $43.99 | $44.87 | $2,707 | $1,330 |
| ATRIUM HEALTH UNION WEST MONROE |
$1,504 | $45.53 | $393 | $48.55 | $45.66 | $43.99 | $44.87 | $2,858 | $1,330 |
| ATRIUM HEALTH ANSON WADESBORO |
$1,504 | $45.53 | $1,205 | $48.07 | $45.66 | $43.99 | $44.87 | $2,858 | $1,330 |
| ATRIUM HEALTH PINEVILLE CHARLOTTE |
$1,504 | $45.53 | $534 | $48.55 | $45.66 | $43.99 | $44.87 | $2,767 | $1,330 |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 72131, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $1,362 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $1,504 for this?
That is the median of what the 99 North Carolina hospitals above publish for Ct scan of lower spine without contrast — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Medicare reimbursement benchmark
For CPT 72131 in North Carolina, Medicare reimburses about $123 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in North Carolina range from $439 to $4,376 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 12.3x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does ct scan of lower spine without contrast cost in North Carolina?
- Cash prices for ct scan of lower spine without contrast (CPT 72131) in North Carolina range from $439 to $4,376, with a median of $1,504. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest ct scan of lower spine without contrast in North Carolina?
- The cheapest North Carolina hospital published cash price for this procedure is $439. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each North Carolina facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 72131 (Imaging). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.