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.
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72156 MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST
Low
$110
Average
$4.0k
Median
$659
High
$557.4k
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183 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 7.8× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Highmark 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 | Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Kittanning, PA facility · other · outpatient | 4 | $803 | $721 | $181 | 25% | 15–33 | $411 – $865 |
| 2 | NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Philadelphia, PA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 3–30 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 3 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Beckley, WV other · outpatient | 2 | $1.7k | $1.7k | $196 | 11% | 2–20 | $1.5k – $1.9k |
| 4 | Community Health Association Ripley, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $942 | $942 | — | — | 2–20 | $942 – $942 |
| 5 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $1.8k | $2.0k | $913 | 45% | 2–20 | $883 – $3.9k |
| 6 | Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $282 | $282 | — | — | 2–20 | $282 – $282 |
| 7 | Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corporation Parkersburg, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $346 | $296 | $87 | 30% | 1–10 | $144 – $346 |
| 8 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $346 | $319 | $71 | 22% | 1–10 | $144 – $349 |
| 9 | Community Health Association Ripley, WV professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $61 | $61 | — | — | 1–10 | $61 – $61 |
| 10 | Davis Medical Center Elkins, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 11 | Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA facility · other · both | 2 | $691 | $691 | $278 | 40% | 1–10 | $412 – $969 |
| 12 | Mercy Health Hackley Campus Muskogen, MI facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $346 | $346 | — | — | 1–10 | $346 – $346 |
| 13 | Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $1.1k | $1.1k | $547 | 49% | 1–10 | $337 – $1.8k |
| 14 | Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 15 | Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc. Princeton, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $371 | $314 | $98 | 31% | 1–10 | $144 – $371 |
| 16 | STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL Weston, WV fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $1.5k | $1.2k | $576 | 47% | 1–10 | $233 – $1.6k |
| 17 | Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $236 | $236 | — | — | 1–10 | $236 – $236 |
| 18 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $346 | $346 | — | — | 1–10 | $346 – $346 |
| 19 | St Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital | Trinity Health Medical Center - Brighton Brighton, MI facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $346 | $346 | — | — | 1–10 | $346 – $346 |
| 20 | St Mary Mercy Livonia Livonia, MI facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $346 | $346 | — | — | 1–10 | $346 – $346 |
| 21 | St Peters Hospital Albany, NY professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $282 | $282 | — | — | 1–10 | $282 – $282 |
| 22 | St Peters Hospital Albany, NY professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $236 | $236 | — | — | 1–10 | $236 – $236 |
| 23 | Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 24 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $336 | $302 | $66 | 22% | 1–10 | $144 – $349 |
| 25 | Wheeling Hospital, Inc. Wheeling, WV facility · other · outpatient | 4 | $346 | $288 | $75 | 26% | 1–10 | $144 – $349 |
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