Scans and imaging CPT 72128 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Thoracic spine CT cost in Lansing, MI — inpatient

In Lansing-East Lansing, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for thoracic spine (mid back) CT scan without contrast as an inpatient: from $1,528.65 to $1,528.65, with a median of $1,528.65. Across Michigan, the median is $990.68 at 88 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72128, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025.

Lowest$1,528.65McLaren Greater Lansing

Median$1,528.65half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,528.65in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
McLaren Greater Lansing Lansing, MI · (517) 975-5600 CT Spine Thoracic w/o Contrast File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file	$1,528.65	$3,057.30	$58.17–$2,140.11	50%

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.

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.

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.

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

Inpatient: lowest $1,528.65, median $1,528.65, highest $1,528.65.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $582.37 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72128 ($1,369.20). 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 of Michigan Health-Sparrow Eaton Charlotte, MICHG CT THORACIC SPINE W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL	$131.50	file
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Clinton St. Johns, MICHG CT THORACIC SPINE W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL	$131.50	file
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Lansing Lansing, MICHG CT THORACIC SPINE W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL	$131.50	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.