Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (without contrast) at San Martin Hospital
8280 W Warm Springs Rd, Las Vegas, NV · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528101284
$1,382.93
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$6,746.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$56.17 with CareMore vs $4,857.12 with United — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $56.17 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $117.52 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $117.52 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $117.52 | ↓ -92% |
| Intermountain | Medicare|All Plans | $119.87 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $119.88 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $136.58 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO | $183.57 | ↓ -87% |
| Sierra Health Plan NV | Medicaid|All Plans | $201.50 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|All Payer | $245.18 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $444.53 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $444.53 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Plan of NV | Commercial|All Plans | $956.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,036.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Sierra Health Options | Commercial|Prime | $1,148.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Sierra Health Options | Commercial|State of NV | $1,193.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,342.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,342.00 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Commercial|DH Employees | $2,023.80 | ↑ +46% |
| Health Services Coalition | Commercial|All Plans | $2,293.64 | ↑ +66% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $3,373.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Teachers Health Trust | Commercial|All Plans | $4,115.06 | ↑ +198% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,654.74 | ↑ +237% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $4,857.12 | ↑ +251% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (without contrast) at other Nevada hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Churchill Community Hospital | Fallon | $997.15 | $529.10 – $1,953.60 |
| Siena Hospital | Henderson | $1,531.35 | $56.17 – $4,654.74 |
| Rose de Lima Hospital | Henderson | $1,929.36 | $56.17 – $4,654.74 |