# CT scan, lower back spine, with contrast in GA

Billing code `72132`. Prices for this code at 106 hospitals in GA, taken from the machine-readable standard charge files each hospital is required to publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50).

Source page: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/ct-scan-lower-back-spine-with-contrast

HC CT SCAN LUMBAR SP CONTRAST - CT LUMBAR SPINE W CONTRAST

## Before quoting any figure below

- **Hospital charges only.** The surgeon, anaesthetist, radiologist and pathologist bill separately and appear in no hospital price file, by construction. Every figure below is part of a total, never the total.
- **A negotiated rate is not a bill.** It is what a hospital and an insurer agreed. What a patient owes depends on their deductible, coinsurance and out-of-pocket maximum.
- **Each hospital's figure is a median across its own plans.** The spread inside one hospital is often wider than the gap between two of them.
- **"not mentioned" is not $0.** It means this hospital's file does not label a row that way. Silence is not a statement that the charge does not exist.
- **A hospital absent from the table says nothing about its prices.** It may publish this code under a revenue or drug code this site cannot map to a procedure.

A procedure code is billed twice -- once by the hospital for its own costs, once by the doctor for their work -- and hospitals publish different sides of that split under the same code. Of the hospitals here, 46 publish a facility charge; 8 publish both, mixed together; 52 do not label which half the figure is.

## Typical price

|  | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cheapest tenth | $306 |
| Typical | $487 |
| Dearest tenth | $1,440 |

The cheapest and dearest tenth are the hospitals a tenth of the way in from each end, not the single cheapest and dearest. Every hospital, including both extremes, is in the table below.

That is a 5-fold difference for the same billing code -- a gap between hospitals, not between treatments.

## Every hospital publishing this code

| Hospital | Where | CMS rating | Typical | Facility charge | Physician fee | Self-pay | Lowest | Highest | Plans on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Regional Medical Center | HINESVILLE | not rated | $79 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $352 | $76 | $352 | 12 |
| Jasper Memorial Hospital | MONTICELLO | not rated | $85 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $663 | $54 | $90 | 19 |
| Memorial Health University Medical Center | SAVANNAH | 1/5 | $114 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $3,822 | $30 | $3,440 | 183 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | ATLANTA | 2/5 | see split | $1,631 | $100 | $5,526 | $54 | $4,421 | 120 |
| Hamilton Medical Center | DALTON | 3/5 | $158 | $158 | not mentioned | $3,046 | $148 | $169 | 2 |
| Taylor Regional Hospital | HAWKINSVILLE | not rated | see split | $215 | $118 | $1,152 | $118 | $215 | 2 |
| Jefferson Hospital | LOUISVILLE | not rated | $221 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $196 | $143 | $303 | 20 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | DUBLIN | 4/5 | $267 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $8,082 | $76 | $7,274 | 187 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | WAYCROSS | 3/5 | $268 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $6,511 | $86 | $5,860 | 165 |
| Doctors Hospital | AUGUSTA | 3/5 | $276 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $10,298 | $82 | $9,268 | 201 |
| Bacon County Hospital | ALMA | not rated | $301 | $301 | not mentioned | $2,523 | $84 | $476 | 18 |
| Optim Medical Center - Screven | SYLVANIA | not rated | $312 | $312 | not mentioned | $1,705 | $306 | $859 | 14 |
| SGMC Health Lanier | LAKELAND | not rated | $312 | $312 | not mentioned | $1,868 | $306 | $459 | 3 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | COLUMBUS | 3/5 | $315 | $315 | not mentioned | not published | $75 | $764 | 11 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham | DEMOREST | 3/5 | $321 | $321 | not mentioned | $1,146 | $306 | $763 | 7 |
| Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | WARNER ROBINS | 2/5 | $328 | $328 | not mentioned | $2,272 | $313 | $955 | 9 |
| SGMC Health | VALDOSTA | 2/5 | $335 | $335 | not mentioned | $1,868 | $242 | $395 | 4 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | AMERICUS | 3/5 | $336 | $336 | not mentioned | not published | $306 | $535 | 8 |
| Navicent Health Baldwin | MILLEDGEVILLE | 2/5 | see split | $1,065 | $152 | $694 | $54 | $2,193 | 85 |
| Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center | MACON | 2/5 | see split | $1,670 | $152 | $1,637 | $54 | $3,045 | 91 |
| Southern Regional Medical Center | RIVERDALE | 1/5 | $348 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $348 | $201 | $3,487 | 41 |
| Phoebe Worth Medical Center | SYLVESTER | not rated | $350 | $350 | not mentioned | not published | $350 | $350 | 1 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | ALBANY | 2/5 | $351 | $351 | not mentioned | not published | $336 | $588 | 8 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center | GAINESVILLE | 3/5 | $357 | $357 | not mentioned | $1,146 | $343 | $525 | 6 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | CARROLLTON | 2/5 | $359 | $359 | not mentioned | $1,235 | $348 | $383 | 15 |
| NGMC Barrow | WINDER | 4/5 | $364 | $364 | not mentioned | $1,146 | $350 | $525 | 6 |
| SGMC Berrien Campus | NASHVILLE | not rated | $365 | $365 | not mentioned | $1,868 | $304 | $456 | 3 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | LITHONIA | 1/5 | $369 | $369 | not mentioned | $2,282 | $218 | $955 | 12 |
| Emory University Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $371 | $371 | not mentioned | $2,282 | $218 | $955 | 13 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | DECATUR | 2/5 | $371 | $371 | not mentioned | $2,282 | $218 | $955 | 13 |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $376 | $376 | not mentioned | $2,282 | $218 | $955 | 13 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | ATLANTA | 2/5 | $376 | $376 | not mentioned | $2,282 | $218 | $955 | 13 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | JOHNS CREEK | 4/5 | $376 | $376 | not mentioned | $2,282 | $218 | $955 | 13 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin | DAHLONEGA | 5/5 | $376 | $376 | not mentioned | $1,146 | $362 | $525 | 6 |
| Atrium Health Navicent Peach | BYRON | 1/5 | see split | $1,166 | $175 | $897 | $62 | $1,668 | 86 |
| AdventHealth Murray | CHATSWORTH | 5/5 | $385 | $385 | not mentioned | $3,179 | $325 | $644 | 6 |
| Washington County Regional Medical Center | SANDERSVILLE | not rated | $400 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $449 | $306 | $1,437 | 25 |
| WellStar Douglas Medical Center | DOUGLASVILLE | 3/5 | $409 | $409 | not mentioned | $1,705 | $351 | $1,334 | 12 |
| WellStar Paulding Medical Center | HIRAM | 4/5 | $409 | $409 | not mentioned | $1,705 | $354 | $1,330 | 12 |
| WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center | MARIETTA | 4/5 | $409 | $409 | not mentioned | $1,705 | $354 | $1,330 | 12 |
| WellStar Cobb Medical Center | AUSTELL | 3/5 | $409 | $409 | not mentioned | $1,705 | $354 | $1,382 | 12 |
| WellStar North Fulton Medical Center | ROSWELL | 2/5 | $409 | $409 | not mentioned | $1,705 | $354 | $1,350 | 12 |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | VIDALIA | 5/5 | $421 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $5,297 | $194 | $4,767 | 64 |
| Candler Hospital | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $427 | $427 | not mentioned | $583 | $306 | $1,504 | 9 |
| St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $427 | $427 | not mentioned | $583 | $306 | $1,504 | 9 |
| WellStar Sylvan Grove Medical Center | JACKSON | not rated | $435 | $435 | not mentioned | $1,705 | $384 | $1,375 | 5 |
| WellStar Spalding Medical Center | GRIFFIN | 2/5 | $435 | $435 | not mentioned | $1,705 | $350 | $1,334 | 13 |
| WellStar West Georgia Medical Center | LAGRANGE | 5/5 | $435 | $435 | not mentioned | $1,705 | $343 | $1,336 | 13 |
| AdventHealth Redmond | ROME | 4/5 | $437 | $437 | not mentioned | $9,690 | $363 | $1,008 | 7 |
| WellStar MCG Health, Affiliated with Med Col | AUGUSTA | 1/5 | $439 | $439 | not mentioned | $1,705 | $306 | $1,112 | 20 |
| AdventHealth Gordon | CALHOUN | 3/5 | $448 | $448 | not mentioned | $3,179 | $347 | $743 | 8 |
| Stephens County Hospital | TOCCOA | 2/5 | $458 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $855 | $348 | $1,283 | 20 |
| Optim Medical Center - Tattnall | REIDSVILLE | not rated | $480 | $480 | not mentioned | $1,705 | $450 | $859 | 3 |
| Coffee Regional Medical Center | DOUGLAS | 3/5 | see split | $936 | $163 | $2,121 | $153 | $2,963 | 76 |
| Monroe County Hospital | FORSYTH | not rated | $498 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $192 | $144 | $960 | 25 |
| Crisp Regional Hospital | CORDELE | 2/5 | $512 | $512 | not mentioned | $2,879 | $424 | $554 | 3 |
| Evans Memorial Hospital | CLAXTON | not rated | $528 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $304 | $2,848 | 11 |
| Southwell Medical, a Campus of TRMC | ADEL | not rated | see split | $582 | $244 | $1,596 | $149 | $3,193 | 184 |
| Jeff Davis Hospital | HAZLEHURST | not rated | $547 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $558 | $270 | $1,228 | 19 |
| St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital | GREENSBORO | 4/5 | $591 | $591 | not mentioned | $1,347 | $447 | $1,866 | 33 |
| Putnam General Hospital | EATONTON | not rated | $593 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $618 | $153 | $1,050 | 13 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center | STATESBORO | 3/5 | $605 | $605 | not mentioned | $2,233 | $91 | $5,424 | 98 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | ROME | 2/5 | $679 | $679 | not mentioned | $1,616 | $250 | $2,746 | 38 |
| Blue Ridge Medical Center | BLUE RIDGE | not rated | $687 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $2,061 | $200 | $3,436 | 792 |
| Effingham Health System | SPRINGFIELD | not rated | $688 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,596 | $507 | $2,333 | 14 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | TIFTON | 3/5 | see split | $736 | $244 | $1,596 | $149 | $3,193 | 92 |
| Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia | RINGGOLD | 3/5 | $759 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,159 | $273 | $3,171 | 31 |
| Candler County Hospital | METTER | not rated | $767 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $240 | $2,022 | 13 |
| Mountain Lakes Medical Center | CLAYTON | not rated | $769 | $769 | not mentioned | $440 | $769 | $769 | 1 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center | CEDARTOWN | not rated | $782 | $782 | not mentioned | not published | $451 | $782 | 3 |
| Morgan Medical Center | MADISON | not rated | $800 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $566 | $1,946 | 9 |
| Wills Memorial Hospital | WASHINGTON | not rated | $800 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $889 | $787 | $1,080 | 14 |
| Dodge County Hospital | EASTMAN | not rated | $822 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $304 | $2,424 | 11 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside | COLUMBUS | 5/5 | $829 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $807 | $313 | $2,286 | 16 |
| Appling Healthcare | BAXLEY | not rated | $834 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,175 | $326 | $1,365 | 10 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital | JASPER | 4/5 | $916 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,046 | $379 | $2,965 | 15 |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | MONROE | 4/5 | $916 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,046 | $313 | $3,139 | 15 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | COLUMBUS | 2/5 | $916 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $807 | $389 | $2,689 | 17 |
| Piedmont Augusta Hospital | AUGUSTA | 2/5 | $995 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $807 | $447 | $2,420 | 21 |
| University Mcduffie County Regional Medical Center | THOMSON | not rated | $1,033 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $807 | $434 | $2,420 | 16 |
| St Mary's Hospital | ATHENS | 1/5 | $1,037 | $1,037 | not mentioned | $1,983 | $235 | $2,746 | 107 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus | BRUNSWICK | 2/5 | $1,096 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $54 | $1,590 | 32 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus | SAINT MARYS | 4/5 | $1,096 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $54 | $1,590 | 32 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | CANTON | 4/5 | $1,128 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $3,493 | $111 | $4,657 | 135 |
| Northside Hospital | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $1,134 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $3,493 | $111 | $4,657 | 134 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | CUMMING | 4/5 | $1,141 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $3,493 | $111 | $4,657 | 133 |
| Northside Hospital Gwinnett | LAWRENCEVILLE | 3/5 | $1,269 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $3,493 | $111 | $4,657 | 140 |
| Northside Hospital Duluth | DULUTH | 4/5 | $1,269 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $3,493 | $111 | $4,657 | 140 |
| Warm Springs Medical Center | WARM SPRINGS | not rated | $1,308 | $1,308 | not mentioned | $743 | $788 | $1,487 | 26 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | ATHENS | 4/5 | $1,417 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,046 | $371 | $2,860 | 16 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | FAYETTEVILLE | 3/5 | $1,429 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,046 | $321 | $2,965 | 16 |
| Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | CARTERSVILLE | 3/5 | $1,429 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,736 | $405 | $5,207 | 16 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | STOCKBRIDGE | 2/5 | $1,429 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,046 | $296 | $2,965 | 16 |
| Piedmont Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $1,429 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,046 | $398 | $2,965 | 16 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital | NEWNAN | 4/5 | $1,429 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,046 | $329 | $3,244 | 16 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | CONYERS | 3/5 | $1,452 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,046 | $405 | $2,616 | 16 |
| Emanuel Medical Center | SWAINSBORO | 4/5 | $1,511 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,934 | $36 | $2,578 | 16 |
| Wayne Memorial Hospital | JESUP | 3/5 | $1,679 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,102 | $1,355 | $1,984 | 18 |
| Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center | LAVONIA | 3/5 | $1,680 | $1,680 | not mentioned | $2,123 | $260 | $2,776 | 104 |
| Piedmont Newton Hospital | COVINGTON | 3/5 | $1,933 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,046 | $341 | $2,965 | 15 |
| Piedmont Macon North Hospital | MACON | 4/5 | $1,941 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,046 | $321 | $3,139 | 14 |
| Coliseum Medical Centers | MACON | 3/5 | $1,941 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,046 | $239 | $3,139 | 14 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | SNELLVILLE | 2/5 | $1,941 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,046 | $405 | $3,139 | 15 |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center | MOULTRIE | 4/5 | $2,796 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $3,103 | $57 | $3,103 | 72 |
| Athur M Blank Hospital | ATLANTA | not rated | $2,935 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $4,282 | $1,830 | $4,282 | 28 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite | ATLANTA | not rated | $2,935 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $4,282 | $1,790 | $4,282 | 28 |

## Self-pay

Self-pay is what the hospital charges someone paying themselves rather than through insurance. Paying self-pay usually does not count toward a deductible, so it can cost less for one service and more across a year. Every other figure here is what an insurer pays, not what a patient would.

At 20 of the 95 hospitals here that publish a self-pay price it is LOWER than what that same hospital typically accepts from an insurer; at the other 75 it is higher.

## The doctor's side, roughly

Nationally, Medicare allows about $54 for the clinician who performs or reads this service, across 1,390 billing providers in 2024. That is a separate bill from everything above and is NOT added to any figure on this page -- it is here to show the rough size of what a hospital price leaves out.

6 of these 106 hospitals have not published an updated price file in over a year, or do not say when they last did. Hospitals are required to update at least annually, so those figures may not reflect what they charge now: Jefferson Hospital, Monroe County Hospital, Jeff Davis Hospital, Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus, Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus, Warm Springs Medical Center.

## Others in imaging & radiology

- [CT scan, head, without contrast](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/ct-scan-head-without-contrast) -- 116 hospitals, typically $392
- [X-ray, chest, 2 views](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-chest-2-views) -- 115 hospitals, typically $93
- [CT scan, head, with and without contrast](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/ct-scan-head-with-and-without-contrast) -- 115 hospitals, typically $521
- [X-ray, chest, 1 view](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-chest-1-view) -- 115 hospitals, typically $87
- [X-ray, neck spine, 2-3 views](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-neck-spine-2-3-views) -- 115 hospitals, typically $106
- [X-ray, lower back spine, 4 or more views](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-lower-back-spine-4-or-more-views) -- 115 hospitals, typically $143
- [X-ray, pelvis](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-pelvis) -- 115 hospitals, typically $107
- [X-ray, tailbone](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-tailbone) -- 115 hospitals, typically $98

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Every procedure with a published price in GA: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga
Prices that look wrong: info@clearcharge.org

Compiled by Clearcharge (clearcharge.org) from each hospital's machine-readable standard-charge file. When quoting a figure, cite the source page above. The hospital files behind these figures state data through dates from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-28; per-hospital staleness is flagged above.