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Original text from hospital filings
72156 MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST
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Low
$1
Average
$1.2k
Median
$803
High
$12.1k
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| 1 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $744 | $768 | $497 | 65% | 715–742 | $315 – $1.9k |
| 2 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $416 | $533 | $372 | 70% | 616–715 | $386 – $1.6k |
| 3 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $413 | $382 | $60 | 16% | 399–426 | $279 – $424 |
| 4 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $290 | $931 | $1.3k | 142% | 399–534 | $209 – $5.0k |
| 5 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $389 | $623 | $298 | 48% | 189–270 | $283 – $1.1k |
| 6 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN | $491 | $596 | $263 | 44% | 177–231 | $277 – $954 |
| 7 | HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN | $899 | $707 | $281 | 40% | 148–193 | $283 – $1.0k |
| 8 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $439 | $579 | $262 | 45% | 130–202 | $283 – $954 |
| 9 | Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN | $493 | $631 | $290 | 46% | 115–178 | $277 – $1.0k |
| 10 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA | $424 | $521 | $264 | 51% | 107–188 | $386 – $1.2k |
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