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
HCHG MRI SPINE LUMBAR/SACRUM WO CONT
Low
$1
Average
$940
Median
$556
High
$8.2k
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| 1 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $240 | $238 | $5 | 2% | 5,058 | $54 – $2.4k |
| 2 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $234 | $747 | $1.0k | 139% | 2,255–2,363 | $124 – $4.4k |
| 3 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $281 | $328 | $203 | 62% | 1,926–2,025 | $231 – $3.4k |
| 4 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $227 | $239 | $33 | 14% | 1,489–1,534 | $227 – $374 |
| 5 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $227 | $239 | $33 | 14% | 1,489–1,534 | $227 – $374 |
| 6 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK | $221 | $246 | $62 | 25% | 1,468–1,531 | $209 – $496 |
| 7 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $486 | $573 | $470 | 82% | 1,379–1,415 | $190 – $2.0k |
| 8 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC | $252 | $651 | $508 | 78% | 1,330–1,348 | $237 – $1.8k |
| 9 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA | $277 | $296 | $124 | 42% | 1,079–1,169 | $226 – $2.7k |
| 10 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN | $257 | $468 | $331 | 71% | 811–955 | $61 – $1.7k |
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