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72156 MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST
Low
$225
Average
$1.9k
Median
$1.5k
High
$10.2k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
72 payers; the 90th percentile is 6.2× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | Medicare other · both · +22 other terms | 52 | $369 | $457 | $394 | 86% | 442–694 | $326 – $3.0k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +40 other terms | 811 | $663 | $773 | $826 | 107% | 125–341 | $1 – $12.3k |
| 3 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +36 other terms | 217 | $843 | $776 | $938 | 121% | 116–260 | $8 – $10.7k |
| 4 | Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +4 other terms | 6 | $603 | $571 | $155 | 27% | 110–164 | $371 – $769 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +38 other terms | 536 | $872 | $1.3k | $1.7k | 130% | 102–174 | $1 – $18.8k |
| 6 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 265 | $421 | $472 | $282 | 60% | 71–125 | $1 – $3.6k |
| 7 | Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 377 | $846 | $1.2k | $1.5k | 121% | 46–172 | $60 – $17.0k |
| 8 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +40 other terms | 650 | $537 | $1.1k | $1.4k | 118% | 44–224 | $1 – $10.9k |
| 9 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +36 other terms | 458 | $404 | $810 | $1.1k | 139% | 4–40 | $1 – $9.6k |
| 10 | Carefirst facility · fee schedule · both · +16 other terms | 23 | $356 | $765 | $622 | 81% | 4–40 | $346 – $2.3k |
| 11 | Premera facility · fee schedule · both · +18 other terms | 24 | $356 | $790 | $659 | 83% | 3–30 | $346 – $2.3k |
| 12 | Bcbs In other · both · +1 other terms | 11 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $204 | 15% | 3–30 | $847 – $1.7k |
| 13 | Florida Blue fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 1 | $4.4k | $4.4k | $1.1k | 25% | 3–30 | $3.4k – $6.5k |
| 14 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 90 | $351 | $567 | $926 | 163% | 2–20 | $49 – $6.2k |
| 15 | Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms | 76 | $380 | $1.4k | $1.6k | 118% | 2–20 | $87 – $5.4k |
| 16 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 64 | $1.5k | $2.2k | $3.0k | 137% | 2–20 | $129 – $10.4k |
| 17 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms | 112 | $712 | $1.1k | $1.5k | 137% | 1–10 | $58 – $9.6k |
| 18 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 92 | $440 | $604 | $341 | 57% | 1–10 | $1 – $2.0k |
| 19 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms | 58 | $329 | $1.8k | $3.0k | 164% | 1–10 | $115 – $11.7k |
| 20 | Medical Mutual fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 18 | $943 | $1.1k | $783 | 73% | 1–10 | $303 – $4.0k |
| 21 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms | 198 | $380 | $439 | $219 | 50% | — | $86 – $1.8k |
| 22 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 129 | $4.5k | $3.9k | $3.5k | 91% | — | $140 – $12.5k |
| 23 | Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms | 122 | $554 | $569 | $490 | 86% | — | $99 – $4.5k |
| 24 | Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 102 | $350 | $406 | $426 | 105% | — | $302 – $4.9k |
| 25 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 89 | $361 | $396 | $170 | 43% | — | $186 – $1.3k |
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