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.
Original text from hospital filings
MRI Lumbar Spine WO Dye
Low
$0
Average
$2.2k
Median
$753
High
$817.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $785 | $686 | $140 | 20% | 571–580 | $152 – $3.1k |
| 2 | Lakes Regional Hospital Spirit Lake, IA | $791 | $791 | — | — | 276 | $155 – $1.9k |
| 3 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Voorhees, NJ | $269 | $649 | $1.1k | 164% | 166–193 | $254 – $4.5k |
| 4 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Marlton, NJ | $269 | $649 | $1.1k | 164% | 166–193 | $254 – $4.5k |
| 5 | Sioux Center Health Sioux Center, IA | $791 | $791 | — | — | 138 | $315 – $2.7k |
| 6 | Hospital for Special Surgery White Plains, NY | $1.4k | $1.3k | $324 | 25% | 133–223 | $505 – $2.3k |
| 7 | Avera St. Luke's Aberdeen, SD | $723 | $723 | — | — | 100 | $315 – $5.1k |
| 8 | Virtua_Memorial_Hospital_Inc | Holly, NJ | $269 | $649 | $1.1k | 164% | 68–95 | $254 – $4.5k |
| 9 | Hospital for Special Surgery Brooklyn, NY | $1.4k | $1.3k | $313 | 25% | 66–111 | $505 – $2.3k |
| 10 | Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | $964 | $1.1k | $360 | 32% | 64–109 | $505 – $2.3k |
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