Cervical spine MRI with contrast dye

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

MRI Spine Cervical W/ Contrast (Total)

Payers reporting CPT 72142

Payer pricing summary

Low

$190

Average

$1.7k

Median

$1.2k

High

$10.3k

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1	Medicare other · both · +19 other terms	45	$369	$457	$388	85%	7–70	$326 – $2.8k
2	Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +4 other terms	6	$635	$597	$227	38%	6–60	$161 – $769
3	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms	204	$754	$676	$902	134%	2–20	$8 – $10.7k
4	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +38 other terms	785	$653	$741	$729	98%	—	$1 – $10.5k
5	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +39 other terms	629	$506	$1.1k	$1.2k	110%	—	$1 – $9.4k
6	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms	519	$792	$1.0k	$1.0k	97%	—	$1 – $10.1k
7	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms	449	$390	$754	$1.0k	133%	—	$1 – $8.3k
8	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms	371	$805	$1.2k	$1.3k	110%	—	$1 – $9.7k
9	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +32 other terms	255	$393	$422	$225	53%	—	$1 – $2.3k
10	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	194	$381	$427	$185	43%	—	$89 – $1.4k
11	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	129	$3.7k	$3.2k	$2.9k	92%	—	$109 – $10.9k
12	Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	116	$554	$548	$480	88%	—	$56 – $3.9k
13	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms	113	$740	$1.1k	$1.4k	130%	—	$1 – $8.4k
14	Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	97	$350	$400	$430	108%	—	$302 – $4.9k
15	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	87	$420	$509	$324	64%	—	$1 – $1.8k
16	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	84	$311	$349	$170	49%	—	$186 – $1.3k
17	Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	81	$351	$444	$565	127%	—	$163 – $4.6k
18	Oscar facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	68	$510	$499	$128	26%	—	$303 – $983
19	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	66	$580	$1.0k	$1.0k	100%	—	$64 – $4.6k
20	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	63	$1.4k	$2.0k	$2.7k	137%	—	$101 – $9.0k
21	Medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	58	$327	$367	$183	50%	—	$166 – $980
22	Amerihealth Caritas facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	56	$407	$478	$175	37%	—	$269 – $1.3k
23	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	56	$332	$1.7k	$2.6k	156%	—	$90 – $10.1k
24	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	45	$959	$1.6k	$1.5k	94%	—	$79 – $5.1k
25	Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	40	$352	$369	$78	21%	—	$284 – $577

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