Scans and imaging CPT 72128 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Thoracic spine CT cost in Meridian, MS — inpatient

In Meridian, MS, 5 hospitals list a cash price for thoracic spine (mid back) CT scan without contrast as an inpatient: from $178.64 to $958.10, with a median of $373.09. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center — $194.45 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $883.00 at 54 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 2 cities for code 72128, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Oct 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 17, 2026 and Feb 25, 2026.

Lowest$178.64Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center

Median$373.09half of hospitals charge less

Highest$958.10in this market

Difference5.4×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 Meridian, MS.

median

Lowest $178.64Highest $958.10

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center lowest Meridian, MS · (601) 553-6000 HC CT SPINE THORACIC WO CONTRAST File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file	$178.64	$812.00	$162.40–$649.60	78%
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center-South Meridian, MS · (601) 484-3590 HC CT SPINE THORACIC WO CONTRAST File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file	$324.80	$812.00	$162.40–$609.00	60%
Ochsner Specialty Hospital Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 HC CT THORACIC SPINE W/O CONTRAST source file	$373.09	$1,243.62	—	70%
Ochsner Rush Hospital Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 HC CT THORACIC SPINE W/O CONTRAST source file	$398.74	$1,286.25	—	69%
Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman, MS · (601) 776-6925 HC CT THORACIC SPINE W/O CONTRAST source file	$958.10	$1,430.00	—	33%

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 $178.64, median $373.09, highest $958.10 — a 5.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $361.77 — 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.