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72156 MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST
Low
$1
Average
$2.7k
Median
$1.4k
High
$1509.5k
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iThe hospitals that file a Aetna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.6k | $2.1k | $1.1k | 52% | 176 | $1.2k – $4.2k |
| 2 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.5k | $2.0k | $1.0k | 52% | 176 | $1.1k – $4.0k |
| 3 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $2.5k | $2.4k | $227 | 9% | 93–111 | $2.2k – $2.7k |
| 4 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 1 | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | 63 | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 5 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | 56 | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 6 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | 56 | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 7 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $5.2k | $5.1k | $1.0k | 20% | 50 | $3.8k – $6.4k |
| 8 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Corbin, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.7k | $2.7k | $2.2k | 82% | 36 | $487 – $4.9k |
| 9 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $353 | $312 | $82 | 26% | 36 | $147 – $353 |
| 10 | Piedmont Atlanta Atlanta, GA per diem · both | 2 | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 35–44 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 11 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $265 | $212 | $74 | 35% | 34 | $107 – $265 |
| 12 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 31 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 13 | Stormont Vail Healthcare, Inc Topeka, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $371.3k | $371.3k | — | — | 30 | $371.3k – $371.3k |
| 14 | DIGNITY HEALTH Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $1.1k | $1.1k | $729 | 66% | 24 | $381 – $1.8k |
| 15 | LUCILE SALTER PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD PALO ALTO, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $7.2k | $7.2k | — | — | 23–32 | $7.2k – $7.2k |
| 16 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $2.2k | $3.1k | $2.2k | 69% | 21 | $1.4k – $7.3k |
| 17 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC. Louisville, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $669 | $669 | — | — | 20 | $669 – $669 |
| 18 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO other · both | 2 | $349 | $349 | — | — | 17–26 | $349 – $349 |
| 19 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $283 | $283 | — | — | 17 | $283 – $283 |
| 20 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | 17 | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 21 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | 17 | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 22 | Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association South Charleston, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $350 | $309 | $81 | 26% | 16 | $147 – $350 |
| 23 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $2.3k | $2.5k | $1.0k | 41% | 15–33 | $1.1k – $4.2k |
| 24 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA professional · fee schedule · both | 1 | $246 | $246 | — | — | 15 | $246 – $246 |
| 25 | St Louis Childrens Hospital Saint Louis, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $5.8k | $5.9k | $152 | 3% | 15 | $5.8k – $6.2k |
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