Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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MRI Thoracic Spine Limited
Low
$1
Average
$2.1k
Median
$1.1k
High
$1509.4k
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2189 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 10.7× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Aetna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $916 | $1.2k | $621 | 52% | 104 | $666 – $2.4k |
| 2 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $868 | $1.1k | $588 | 52% | 104 | $631 – $2.3k |
| 3 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA professional · fee schedule · both | 1 | $158 | $158 | — | — | 79 | $158 – $158 |
| 4 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $4.3k | $3.9k | $817 | 21% | 74 | $2.7k – $4.6k |
| 5 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.3k | $1.6k | $755 | 47% | 74 | $972 – $2.9k |
| 6 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Corbin, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.9k | $1.9k | $1.5k | 82% | 48 | $344 – $3.4k |
| 7 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $241 | $210 | $63 | 30% | 38 | $84 – $241 |
| 8 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Marlton, NJ case rate · outpatient | 4 | $2.2k | $2.3k | $1.9k | 82% | 36–45 | $267 – $4.5k |
| 9 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Voorhees, NJ case rate · outpatient | 4 | $2.2k | $2.3k | $1.9k | 82% | 36–45 | $267 – $4.5k |
| 10 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Paducah, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $344 | $344 | — | — | 30 | $344 – $344 |
| 11 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 28 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 12 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 28 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 13 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC. Louisville, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $473 | $473 | — | — | 26 | $473 – $473 |
| 14 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 1 | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | 25 | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 15 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $1.4k | $1.4k | $133 | 9% | 25–34 | $1.3k – $1.6k |
| 16 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $3.4k | $3.3k | $668 | 20% | 24 | $2.4k – $4.1k |
| 17 | Stormont Vail Healthcare, Inc Topeka, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $208.3k | $208.3k | — | — | 23 | $208.3k – $208.3k |
| 18 | LUCILE SALTER PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD PALO ALTO, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $4.8k | $4.8k | $955 | 20% | 22 | $3.9k – $5.8k |
| 19 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Elizabethtown, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $387 | $387 | — | — | 20 | $387 – $387 |
| 20 | Norton Hospitals INC Louisville, KY other · inpatient | 1 | $859 | $859 | — | — | 20 | $859 – $859 |
| 21 | St Louis Childrens Hospital Saint Louis, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $4.3k | $4.3k | $112 | 3% | 20 | $4.3k – $4.5k |
| 22 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $227 | $227 | — | — | 18 | $227 – $227 |
| 23 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $227 | $227 | — | — | 18 | $227 – $227 |
| 24 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Lexington, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.8k | $1.5k | $822 | 55% | 17 | $387 – $2.3k |
| 25 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $1.6k | $2.3k | $1.6k | 69% | 16 | $1.1k – $5.4k |
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