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72156 MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST
Low
$186
Average
$1.8k
Median
$1.0k
High
$10.5k
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330 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 11.2× 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 Kaiser 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 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $315 | $281 | $48 | 17% | 188 | $213 – $315 |
| 2 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA fee schedule · both | 2 | $990 | $990 | $632 | 64% | 31 | $357 – $1.6k |
| 3 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA professional · fee schedule · both | 2 | $259 | $194 | $91 | 47% | 14 | $66 – $259 |
| 4 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $3.3k | $3.2k | $1.1k | 35% | 6–60 | $1.2k – $5.0k |
| 5 | PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Vancouver, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 6 | PeaceHealth United General Medical Center Sedro Woolley, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.9k | $1.9k | $561 | 29% | 2–20 | $1.4k – $2.5k |
| 7 | BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Bakersfield, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $452 | $492 | $72 | 15% | 1–10 | $449 – $617 |
| 8 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INIATIVES COLORADO Westminster, CO percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $2.1k | $2.2k | $225 | 10% | 1–10 | $2.0k – $2.5k |
| 9 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Pueblo, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $996 | $996 | — | — | 1–10 | $996 – $996 |
| 10 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Lakewood, CO percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $2.1k | $2.2k | $225 | 10% | 1–10 | $2.0k – $2.5k |
| 11 | LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL Longmont, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $78 | $78 | — | — | 1–10 | $78 – $78 |
| 12 | LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL Longmont, CO other · outpatient | 1 | $78 | $78 | — | — | 1–10 | $78 – $78 |
| 13 | Piedmont Atlanta Atlanta, GA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.6k – $5.6k |
| 14 | SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 15 | St. Joseph Medical Center Bellingham, WA facility · outpatient | 1 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 16 | St. Joseph Medical Center Bellingham, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 17 | ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL INC Clearlake, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $3.8k | $4.5k | $3.0k | 68% | — | $1.3k – $8.9k |
| 18 | ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO Delano, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $593 | $593 | — | — | — | $593 – $593 |
| 19 | ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO Delano, CA other · outpatient | 2 | $610 | $610 | $162 | 26% | — | $449 – $772 |
| 20 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $593 | $593 | — | — | — | $593 – $593 |
| 21 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $673 | $694 | $202 | 29% | — | $451 – $980 |
| 22 | Aspen Valley Hospital District Aspen, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 8 | $4.1k | $3.6k | $819 | 23% | — | $2.2k – $4.1k |
| 23 | BRIGHTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION DBA INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH PLATTE VALLEY HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 24 | BRIGHTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION DBA INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH PLATTE VALLEY HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 25 | BSA Hospital Amarillo, TX facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $6.9k | $6.9k | — | — | — | $6.9k – $6.9k |
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