Scans and imaging CPT 72128 Outpatient

Thoracic spine CT cost in Lewiston, ME

In Lewiston-Auburn, ME, 1 hospital lists a cash price for thoracic spine (mid back) CT scan without contrast: from $641.44 to $641.44, with a median of $641.44. Across Maine, the median is $1,017.05 at 27 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72128, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$641.44St Mary's Regional Medical Center

Median$641.44half of hospitals charge less

Highest$641.44in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
St Mary's Regional Medical Center Lewiston, ME · (207) 777-8100 HC CT T-SPINE W/O CONTRAST source file	$641.44	$1,688.00	—	62%

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.

Outpatient: lowest $641.44, median $641.44, highest $641.44.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $641.44. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is 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
Central Maine Medical Center Lewiston, MEHC CT SCAN,THORACIC SPINE,W/O CONTRAST	$103.00	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.