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 Spinal Canal Lumbar W/Contrast Material
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Low
$1
Average
$1.1k
Median
$791
High
$11.7k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $373 | $365 | $11 | 3% | 9–90 | $350 – $373 |
| 2 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $1.4k | $1.9k | $1.6k | 81% | 6–60 | $368 – $4.1k |
| 3 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $744 | $768 | $497 | 65% | 4–40 | $315 – $1.9k |
| 4 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $390 | $456 | $382 | 84% | 3–30 | $25 – $954 |
| 5 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $331 | $350 | $49 | 14% | 3–30 | $331 – $547 |
| 6 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK | $323 | $360 | $91 | 25% | 3–30 | $306 – $726 |
| 7 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $1.6k | $1.2k | $581 | 48% | 3–30 | $386 – $1.6k |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $331 | $350 | $49 | 14% | 3–30 | $331 – $547 |
| 9 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $699 | $699 | — | — | 2–20 | $699 – $699 |
| 10 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH CROWN POINT CROWN POINT, IN | $738 | $764 | $390 | 51% | 2–20 | $369 – $1.2k |
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