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72156 MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST
Low
$1
Average
$1.7k
Median
$1.2k
High
$16.0k
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield 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 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI professional · other · both | 1 | $424 | $424 | — | — | 360 | $424 – $424 |
| 2 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA other · outpatient | 2 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 356 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 3 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $413 | $413 | $1 | 0% | 321–330 | $412 – $414 |
| 4 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $1.9k | $1.8k | $322 | 17% | 300 | $1.3k – $2.2k |
| 5 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $1.8k | $1.8k | $305 | 17% | 300 | $1.3k – $2.1k |
| 6 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 5 | $2.2k | $2.3k | $289 | 13% | 298–316 | $2.2k – $2.9k |
| 7 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $3.2k | $3.2k | $1.9k | 60% | 190 | $1.3k – $5.2k |
| 8 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $3.2k | $3.2k | $1.9k | 60% | 190 | $1.3k – $5.2k |
| 9 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $444 | $444 | $1 | 0% | 148–166 | $442 – $445 |
| 10 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $3.0k | $3.0k | $91 | 3% | 143–161 | $2.9k – $3.1k |
| 11 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI facility · fee schedule · both | 2 | $346 | $346 | — | — | 119–200 | $346 – $346 |
| 12 | St Louis Childrens Hospital Saint Louis, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 6 | $5.1k | $5.6k | $872 | 16% | 118 | $4.3k – $6.6k |
| 13 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | 113 | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 14 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Rockford, MI facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $346 | $346 | — | — | 102–192 | $346 – $346 |
| 15 | Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Rogers, AR facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $352 | $352 | — | — | 95 | $352 – $352 |
| 16 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST EASLEY HOSPITAL EASLEY, SC fee schedule · both | 4 | $1.3k | $1.6k | $598 | 39% | 71–89 | $1.1k – $2.6k |
| 17 | PRISMA HEALTH GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GREENVILLE, SC fee schedule · both | 4 | $1.3k | $1.6k | $598 | 39% | 71–89 | $1.1k – $2.6k |
| 18 | St Mary Mercy Livonia Livonia, MI facility · fee schedule · both | 2 | $346 | $346 | — | — | 62–125 | $346 – $346 |
| 19 | PRISMA HEALTH PATEWOOD HOSPITAL GREENVILLE, SC fee schedule · both | 4 | $1.2k | $1.6k | $656 | 42% | 58–67 | $1.1k – $2.7k |
| 20 | Carle BroMenn Medical Center Normal, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $4.2k | $4.2k | $17 | 0% | 55 | $4.2k – $4.3k |
| 21 | AnMed Health Anderson, SC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $4.5k | $4.5k | $95 | 2% | 54 | $4.4k – $4.6k |
| 22 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA other · outpatient | 2 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 53 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 23 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $367 | $367 | — | — | 48 | $367 – $367 |
| 24 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $367 | $367 | — | — | 48 | $367 – $367 |
| 25 | Methodist Medical Center of Illinois Peoria, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $3.6k | $3.5k | $88 | 2% | 48 | $3.4k – $3.6k |
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