Scans and imaging CPT 72128 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Thoracic spine CT cost in El Paso, TX — inpatient

In El Paso, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for thoracic spine (mid back) CT scan without contrast as an inpatient: from $482.98 to $482.98, with a median of $482.98. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center Surgical Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across Texas, the median is $1,890.44 at 264 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 72128, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$482.98University Medical Center Surgical Hospital + 1 more

Median$482.98half of hospitals charge less

Highest$482.98in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in El Paso, TX.

median

Lowest $482.98Highest $795.70

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX NE CT RECONSTRUCTED THORACIC SPINE W/O CONTRAST source file	$482.98	$2,414.88	$75.28–$1,328.18	80%
University Medical Center El Paso lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 NE CT RECONSTRUCTED THORACIC SPINE W/O CONTRAST source file	$482.98	$2,414.88	$75.28–$1,328.18	80%
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CT RECONSTRUCTED THORACIC SPINE W/O CONTRAST source file	$504.86	$2,524.30	$75.28–$1,388.37	80%
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 CT RECONSTRUCTED THORACIC SPINE W/O CONTRAST source file	$504.86	$2,524.30	$75.28–$1,388.37	80%
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CTSCAN T-SPINE W/O source file	$795.70	$3,978.48	$75.28–$2,188.16	80%
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 CTSCAN T-SPINE W/O source file	$795.70	$3,978.48	$75.28–$2,188.16	80%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $482.98, median $482.98, highest $482.98.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $7,717.49 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A thoracic spine CT makes detailed pictures of the twelve vertebrae of the mid back. It is used mainly after an injury to look for fractures, and in older adults for compression fractures.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan and any contrast dye. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.

13 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72128 ($1,352.14). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Hospital	Cash price	File
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH THORACIC SPN W/O CONT ROUT	$67.84	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS THORACIC SPN W/O CONT ROUT	$77.36	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE THORACIC SP WO CONT POST MY	$77.36	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE THORACIC SPN W/O CONT ROUT	$77.36	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES THORACIC SP WO CONT POST MY	$77.36	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN THORACIC SP WO CONT POST M	$77.36	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS THORACIC SP WO CONT POST MY	$77.36	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH THORACIC SP WO CONT POST MY	$82.78	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES THORACIC SPN W/O CONT ROUT	$90.70	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN THORACIC SPN W/O CONT ROUT	$90.70	file
El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TXCT RECONSTRUCTED T-SPINE W/O CONTRAST	$97.40	file
El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TXTHORACIC SPINE W/O CONT ROUT	$97.40	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXCT T-SPINE W/O	$99.95	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.