Every published price

MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER

for Lower back X-ray 60608

Paying with

Any insurance Cash / no insurance Aetna Aetna Better Health of Illinois (Medicaid) Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Blue Cross Community Health Plans (Medicaid) Cigna CountyCare (Cook County Health Medicaid) Humana Illinois Medicaid (fee-for-service) Medicare (fee-for-service) Meridian (Medicaid) Molina Healthcare (Medicaid) UnitedHealthcare

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List price

The "gross charge" — the sticker price almost nobody actually pays. Posted under 2 line items for this procedure, at different amounts.

$41 – $680.50

Cash price

What this hospital says it charges someone paying without insurance.Posted under 2 line items for this procedure, at different amounts.

$28.70 – $476.35

Medicare (fee-for-service)

This hospital published no rate for Medicare (fee-for-service). Nothing else on this page substitutes for it.

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Every other insurer

82 rates across 41 insurers that are not yours. Context, not your price.

$16.40 – $1,537.93

MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER publishes no Medicare (fee-for-service) rate for Lower back X-ray. We could put one of the 82 rates below in this space, and it would be wrong: a rate is negotiated between one hospital and one insurer, so what any of those insurers pays here tells you nothing about what Medicare (fee-for-service) pays.

The file does not say why it is missing — Medicare (fee-for-service) may not be contracted here for this service, or the hospital may have left it out of the disclosure it is required to publish. Both are worth asking about: ask the hospital for the rate, and ask Medicare (fee-for-service) whether this hospital is in your network.

The same procedure, at this one hospital, ranges from $16.40 to $1,537.93. That is not an error, and it is not our arithmetic — it is what the hospital published.

Two things are happening. Rates differ between insurers and plans, as you would expect — and the same plan also appears more than once at different prices. Each rate below is shown with the hospital's own line-item description, so you can read how its file labels them. The file does not say which one you would be billed under, so we show every figure rather than pick one.

Not yours

Every other insurer

These belong to other insurers. None of them is your price. They are here so you can see the whole file rather than only the part we picked.

PARTNERS IN HLTH - ALL PLANS $16.40 – $272.20 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for PARTNERS IN HLTH - ALL PLANS
PARTNERS IN HLTH - ALL PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$16.40
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$272.20

BCBS BLUE CHOICE $18.33 – $304.18 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for BCBS BLUE CHOICE
BCBS BLUE CHOICE X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$18.33
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$304.18

HEALTHLINK HMO $20.50 – $340.25 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for HEALTHLINK HMO
HEALTHLINK HMO X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$20.50
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$340.25

HEALTHLINK PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $20.50 – $340.25 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for HEALTHLINK PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS
HEALTHLINK PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$20.50
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$340.25

BCBS PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $21.94 – $364.07 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for BCBS PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS
BCBS PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$21.94
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$364.07

COMPSYCH IP/OP ONLY - ALL PLANS $24.60 – $408.30 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for COMPSYCH IP/OP ONLY - ALL PLANS
COMPSYCH IP/OP ONLY - ALL PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$24.60
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$408.30

BCBS HMO $26.07 – $432.66 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for BCBS HMO
BCBS HMO X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$26.07
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$432.66

HFN PLATINUM $26.65 – $442.33 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for HFN PLATINUM
HFN PLATINUM X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$26.65
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$442.33

MULTIPLAN PRIMARY NTWRK/PHCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $28.70 – $476.35 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for MULTIPLAN PRIMARY NTWRK/PHCS - ALL OTHER PLANS
MULTIPLAN PRIMARY NTWRK/PHCS - ALL OTHER PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$28.70
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$476.35

HFN EPO $32.80 – $544.40 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for HFN EPO
HFN EPO X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$32.80
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$544.40

MULTIPLAN COMPLEMENTARY NTWRK $32.80 – $544.40 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for MULTIPLAN COMPLEMENTARY NTWRK
MULTIPLAN COMPLEMENTARY NTWRK X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$32.80
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$544.40

HFN PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $36.08 – $598.84 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for HFN PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS
HFN PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$36.08
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$598.84

OSCAR - ALL PLANS $43.05 – $714.53 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for OSCAR - ALL PLANS
OSCAR - ALL PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$43.05
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$714.53

CENTENE/CELTIC - ALL PLANS $43.05 – $714.53 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for CENTENE/CELTIC - ALL PLANS
CENTENE/CELTIC - ALL PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$43.05
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$714.53

CIGNA IFP IP/OP ONLY $50.68 – $841.10 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for CIGNA IFP IP/OP ONLY
CIGNA IFP IP/OP ONLY X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$50.68
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$841.10

FAMILY HEALTH NETWORK MCAID - ALL PLANS $83.73

Plans, line items and rates for FAMILY HEALTH NETWORK MCAID - ALL PLANS
FAMILY HEALTH NETWORK MCAID - ALL PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$83.73

AETNA BETTER HEALTH MCAID $83.73

Plans, line items and rates for AETNA BETTER HEALTH MCAID
AETNA BETTER HEALTH MCAID X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$83.73

BCBS MCAID $83.73

Plans, line items and rates for BCBS MCAID
BCBS MCAID X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$83.73

CIGNA HEALTHSPRING ICP MCAID $87.92

Plans, line items and rates for CIGNA HEALTHSPRING ICP MCAID
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING ICP MCAID X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$87.92

MOLINA MCAID $87.92

Plans, line items and rates for MOLINA MCAID
MOLINA MCAID X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$87.92

AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS $92.66 – $1,537.93 16.6×

Plans, line items and rates for AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS
AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$92.66
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$1,537.93

BCBS DUAL $105.31

Plans, line items and rates for BCBS DUAL
BCBS DUAL X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$105.31

TRICARE - ALL PLANS $108.67

Plans, line items and rates for TRICARE - ALL PLANS
TRICARE - ALL PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$108.67

VA HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS $108.67

Plans, line items and rates for VA HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS
VA HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$108.67

ADVOCATE PHYSICIAN PRTNRS MCR $112.03

Plans, line items and rates for ADVOCATE PHYSICIAN PRTNRS MCR
ADVOCATE PHYSICIAN PRTNRS MCR X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$112.03

CENPATICO ILLINICARE DUAL $112.03

Plans, line items and rates for CENPATICO ILLINICARE DUAL
CENPATICO ILLINICARE DUAL X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$112.03

CENPATICO ILLINICARE MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS $112.03

Plans, line items and rates for CENPATICO ILLINICARE MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS
CENPATICO ILLINICARE MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$112.03

LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN - ALL PLANS $112.03

Plans, line items and rates for LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN - ALL PLANS
LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN - ALL PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$112.03

NEXTLEVEL HLTH ICP FHP ACA - ALL PLANS $112.03

Plans, line items and rates for NEXTLEVEL HLTH ICP FHP ACA - ALL PLANS
NEXTLEVEL HLTH ICP FHP ACA - ALL PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$112.03

BCBS MCR ADV HMO/PPO $112.03

Plans, line items and rates for BCBS MCR ADV HMO/PPO
BCBS MCR ADV HMO/PPO X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$112.03

HUMANA MCR ADV $112.03

Plans, line items and rates for HUMANA MCR ADV
HUMANA MCR ADV X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$112.03

MERIDIAN/HARMONY D-SNP - ALL PLANS $112.03

Plans, line items and rates for MERIDIAN/HARMONY D-SNP - ALL PLANS
MERIDIAN/HARMONY D-SNP - ALL PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$112.03

UHC MCR ADV $112.03

Plans, line items and rates for UHC MCR ADV
UHC MCR ADV X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$112.03

UHC OPTUM VACCN $112.03

Plans, line items and rates for UHC OPTUM VACCN
UHC OPTUM VACCN X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$112.03

HARMONY BEHAVIORAL HTLH - ALL PLANS $115.39

Plans, line items and rates for HARMONY BEHAVIORAL HTLH - ALL PLANS
HARMONY BEHAVIORAL HTLH - ALL PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$115.39

ZING MCR ADV - ALL PLANS $116.51

Plans, line items and rates for ZING MCR ADV - ALL PLANS
ZING MCR ADV - ALL PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$116.51

MOLINA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS $117.63

Plans, line items and rates for MOLINA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS
MOLINA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$117.63

ADVOCATE PHYSICIAN PRTNRS - ALL OTHER PLANS $123.24

Plans, line items and rates for ADVOCATE PHYSICIAN PRTNRS - ALL OTHER PLANS
ADVOCATE PHYSICIAN PRTNRS - ALL OTHER PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$123.24

AMBETTER COMM/EXCH - ALL PLANS $129.96

Plans, line items and rates for AMBETTER COMM/EXCH - ALL PLANS
AMBETTER COMM/EXCH - ALL PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$129.96

UHC UNITED HEALTHCARE - ALL OTHER PLANS $283

Plans, line items and rates for UHC UNITED HEALTHCARE - ALL OTHER PLANS
UHC UNITED HEALTHCARE - ALL OTHER PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$283

CIGNA COMM IP/OP ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS $293.87

Plans, line items and rates for CIGNA COMM IP/OP ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS
CIGNA COMM IP/OP ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	$293.87

How complete the paperwork is

What MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER published — and what it left out

Federal law tells hospitals what to publish. This score is our reading of how much of that MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER actually did publish. It is a measure of their paperwork, not their care. We hold no clinical, safety, or outcome data about any hospital, and nothing here should be read as a comment on the medicine.

0.99/ 1.00

At or above our 0.50 threshold, so this hospital appears in comparisons. A passing score means the file is complete enough to compare, not that it is complete.

0.00 Publishing threshold 0.50 1.00

The four parts of MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER's disclosure-completeness score, each with its weight, its value, and what was counted.
What we checked	Weight	Scored	Added
How many common services carry a price Near full credit 68 of 70 CMS shoppable services have an unflagged gross or cash dollar amount.	0.40	0.97	0.39
How often the price is a dollar amount Full credit 2417713 of 2417713 negotiated rates are dollar amounts rather than formulas.	0.25	1.00	0.25
How recently the file was updated Full credit Current: file states last_updated_on 2026-07-06 (100 days old).	0.20	1.00	0.20
How many rows are usable figures Full credit 0 of 2633798 rows are quality-flagged (placeholder, zero, blank, or algorithm-only).	0.15	1.00	0.15
Total			0.99

Each part is scored from 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the four add up to the total above. Every count in the right-hand column came from the hospital's own file — we did not estimate, impute, or fill a gap on their behalf. Where the file is thin, the score is thin, and the gap belongs to the publisher.

Where these numbers came from

Provenance

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Hospital states last updated 6 Jul 2026 We fetched it 6 Aug 2026

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