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Procedure price report · Other CT scan

CT scan of the neck spine with and without contrast

CPT 72127the billing code this page is about

A computed tomography scan of the cervical spine done first without contrast dye and then repeated after contrast is given, billed as one combined study.

Hospitals typically charge $1,798 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,833 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,864. Most fall between $798 and $3,265 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,833
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,833 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$475$971$1,798$2,932$5,116

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($475 vs $5,116).

How the prices are spread

$276 – $385: 96 hospitals$276$385 – $535: 74 hospitals$535 – $744: 189 hospitals$535$744 – $1,036: 281 hospitals$1,036 – $1,441: 342 hospitals$1,036$1,441 – $2,005: 443 hospitals$2,005 – $2,789: 497 hospitals$2,005$2,789 – $3,881: 317 hospitals$3,881 – $5,399: 207 hospitals$3,881$5,399 – $7,512: 105 hospitals$5,399median $1,798price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,551 of 2,833 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$276$38596
$385$53574
$535$744189
$744$1,036281
$1,036$1,441342
$1,441$2,005443
$2,005$2,789497
$2,789$3,881317
$3,881$5,399207
$5,399$7,512105

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$179
Median cash price$1,798
Cash as a multiple of Medicare10.0×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,798.

Alaska: median $2,870 across 12 hospitalsAK$2,870Maine: median $1,232 across 22 hospitalsME$1,232Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,679 across 12 hospitalsNH$1,679Washington: median $1,746 across 59 hospitalsWA$1,746Idaho: median $1,663 across 18 hospitalsID$1,663Montana: median $1,663 across 15 hospitalsMT$1,663North Dakota: median $1,808 across 20 hospitalsND$1,808Minnesota: median $985 across 56 hospitalsMN$985Illinois: median $2,807 across 126 hospitalsIL$2,807Wisconsin: median $1,674 across 86 hospitalsWI$1,674Michigan: median $1,523 across 76 hospitalsMI$1,523New York: median $976 across 90 hospitalsNY$976Massachusetts: median $1,643 across 39 hospitalsMA$1,643Oregon: median $2,040 across 37 hospitalsOR$2,040Nevada: median $1,188 across 16 hospitalsNV$1,188Wyoming: median $2,666 across 13 hospitalsWY$2,666South Dakota: median $2,933 across 17 hospitalsSD$2,933Iowa: median $1,867 across 50 hospitalsIA$1,867Indiana: median $997 across 89 hospitalsIN$997Ohio: median $1,300 across 120 hospitalsOH$1,300Pennsylvania: median $1,556 across 103 hospitalsPA$1,556New Jersey: median $573 across 53 hospitalsNJ$573Connecticut: median $1,292 across 14 hospitalsCT$1,292Rhode Island: median $1,485 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,485California: median $3,339 across 194 hospitalsCA$3,339Utah: median $2,357 across 39 hospitalsUT$2,357Colorado: median $2,093 across 60 hospitalsCO$2,093Nebraska: median $2,456 across 60 hospitalsNE$2,456Missouri: median $1,860 across 64 hospitalsMO$1,860Kentucky: median $1,633 across 59 hospitalsKY$1,633West Virginia: median $1,303 across 33 hospitalsWV$1,303Virginia: median $1,828 across 57 hospitalsVA$1,828Maryland: median $273 across 34 hospitalsMD$273Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,718 across 51 hospitalsAZ$1,718New Mexico: median $2,301 across 23 hospitalsNM$2,301Kansas: median $1,233 across 59 hospitalsKS$1,233Arkansas: median $776 across 31 hospitalsAR$776Tennessee: median $898 across 74 hospitalsTN$898North Carolina: median $2,240 across 85 hospitalsNC$2,240South Carolina: median $2,046 across 48 hospitalsSC$2,046Oklahoma: median $1,302 across 65 hospitalsOK$1,302Louisiana: median $793 across 54 hospitalsLA$793Mississippi: median $1,003 across 46 hospitalsMS$1,003Alabama: median $1,557 across 36 hospitalsAL$1,557Georgia: median $1,379 across 91 hospitalsGA$1,379Hawaii: median $1,471 across 15 hospitalsHI$1,471Texas: median $2,737 across 227 hospitalsTX$2,737Florida: median $4,159 across 161 hospitalsFL$4,159
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,798. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL161$4,159+131%$1,350 – $13,553
California CA194$3,339+86%$1,732 – $5,367
South Dakota SD17$2,933+63%$2,543 – $4,164
Alaska AK12$2,870+60%$948 – $4,709
Illinois IL126$2,807+56%$1,300 – $4,096
Texas TX227$2,737+52%$1,494 – $5,116
Wyoming WY13$2,666+48%$798 – $3,429
Nebraska NE60$2,456+37%$1,709 – $3,085
Utah UT39$2,357+31%$1,456 – $2,357
New Mexico NM23$2,301+28%$1,640 – $2,811
North Carolina NC85$2,240+25%$1,513 – $3,000
Colorado CO60$2,093+16%$1,148 – $2,672
South Carolina SC48$2,046+14%$1,400 – $2,698
Oregon OR37$2,040+13%$1,026 – $2,384
Iowa IA50$1,867+4%$1,217 – $2,573
Missouri MO64$1,860+3%$1,192 – $2,881
Virginia VA57$1,828+2%$990 – $3,353
North Dakota ND20$1,808+1%$1,536 – $2,252
Washington WA59$1,746−3%$1,129 – $2,523
Arizona AZ51$1,718−4%$701 – $8,314
New Hampshire NH12$1,679−7%$1,472 – $6,670
Wisconsin WI86$1,674−7%$662 – $2,305
Idaho ID18$1,663−7%$1,056 – $2,148
Montana MT15$1,663−7%$1,161 – $2,536
Massachusetts MA39$1,643−9%$765 – $2,964
Kentucky KY59$1,633−9%$861 – $3,443
Alabama AL36$1,557−13%$678 – $2,511
Pennsylvania PA103$1,556−13%$375 – $3,575
Michigan MI76$1,523−15%$538 – $2,626
Rhode Island RI10$1,485−17%$397 – $2,096
Hawaii HI15$1,471−18%$1,215 – $2,097
Georgia GA91$1,379−23%$720 – $2,210
West Virginia WV33$1,303−28%$933 – $2,400
Oklahoma OK65$1,302−28%$858 – $2,202
Ohio OH120$1,300−28%$845 – $2,014
Connecticut CT14$1,292−28%$781 – $2,026
Kansas KS59$1,233−31%$760 – $2,484
Maine ME22$1,232−31%$553 – $2,649
Nevada NV16$1,188−34%$613 – $4,216
Mississippi MS46$1,003−44%$607 – $1,689
Indiana IN89$997−45%$542 – $2,172
Minnesota MN56$985−45%$370 – $1,805
New York NY90$976−46%$219 – $2,816
Tennessee TN74$898−50%$588 – $1,969
Louisiana LA54$793−56%$475 – $1,950
Arkansas AR31$776−57%$384 – $1,516
New Jersey NJ53$573−68%$210 – $901
Maryland MD34$273−85%$199 – $383
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,798.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,147$1,783$781 – $3,481
Children’s54$3,158$1,568 – $6,048
Critical access622$1,784$950 – $2,699
Ownership
For-profit431$2,746$1,063 – $8,718
Government472$1,622$793 – $2,723
Non-profit1,920$1,750$786 – $3,062
System affiliation
Part of a system2,354$1,841$821 – $3,334
Independent479$1,561$707 – $2,803

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,126
Median cash price$1,798
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,955 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,883 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,941; most fall between $880 and $3,245.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,955 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$577$1,061$1,883$2,964$4,585

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($577 vs $4,585).

Of the 2,162 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,955 gave a usable cash price; 109 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 98 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,833 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (72%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,143 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,833
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here201
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded109
Hospitals that filed this code3,143

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other CT scan family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as CT Cervical Spine W/O &W/Contrast Material.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “CT scan of the neck spine with and without contrast (CPT 72127) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-72127-ct-scan-of-the-neck-spine-with-and-without-contrast