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
HC MRI Lumbar Spn W/O Cont
Low
$202
Average
$1.6k
Median
$1.4k
High
$20.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $1.4k | $1.4k | $491 | 34% | 410–428 | $234 – $2.3k |
| 2 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO | $1.0k | $1.2k | $447 | 37% | 169–187 | $239 – $3.8k |
| 3 | Piedmont Augusta Augusta, GA | $890 | $1.3k | $720 | 57% | 112–139 | $354 – $4.0k |
| 4 | Piedmont Athens Regional Athens, GA | $963 | $1.2k | $620 | 50% | 102–120 | $562 – $4.7k |
| 5 | Piedmont Atlanta Atlanta, GA | $955 | $1.3k | $610 | 46% | 98–125 | $584 – $4.8k |
| 6 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH CROWN POINT CROWN POINT, IN | $1.8k | $1.9k | $545 | 29% | 83–182 | $247 – $4.8k |
| 7 | Alton Memorial Hospital Alton, IL | $1.0k | $1.2k | $447 | 37% | 71–107 | $239 – $3.8k |
| 8 | Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | $1.7k | $1.7k | $257 | 15% | 60–123 | $505 – $2.3k |
| 9 | Hospital for Special Surgery White Plains, NY | $1.2k | $1.3k | $275 | 20% | 53–62 | $505 – $2.3k |
| 10 | Christian Hospital St. Louis, MO | $1.0k | $1.2k | $447 | 37% | 45–72 | $239 – $3.8k |
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