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72156 MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST
Low
$215
Average
$2.5k
Median
$2.0k
High
$21.1k
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iThe hospitals that file a Medica 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 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $491 | $491 | — | — | 11 | $491 – $491 |
| 2 | Brookings Health System Brookings, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $4.1k | $3.2k | $1.5k | 49% | 2–20 | $499 – $4.1k |
| 3 | HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN other · inpatient | 2 | $635 | $635 | $274 | 43% | 2–20 | $361 – $909 |
| 4 | Monument Health Network Inc Spearfish, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $2.0k | $2.7k | $1.3k | 47% | 2–20 | $1.6k – $4.4k |
| 5 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc City, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.6k | $2.4k | $1.4k | 57% | 2–20 | $1.3k – $4.4k |
| 6 | Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc. Watertown, SD percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $288 | $288 | — | — | 2–20 | $288 – $288 |
| 7 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Omaha, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $659 | $1.1k | $878 | 81% | 1–10 | $418 – $2.6k |
| 8 | Avera St. Anthony's Hospital O'Neill, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $340 | $340 | — | — | 1–10 | $340 – $340 |
| 9 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $546 | $546 | — | — | 1–10 | $546 – $546 |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $546 | $546 | — | — | 1–10 | $546 – $546 |
| 11 | Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $493 | $493 | — | — | 1–10 | $493 – $493 |
| 12 | Lakeview Hospital Stillwater, MN facility · other · both | 1 | $379 | $379 | — | — | 1–10 | $379 – $379 |
| 13 | Mercy Hospital Ardmore Inc Ardmore, OK facility · per diem · outpatient | 1 | $733 | $733 | — | — | 1–10 | $733 – $733 |
| 14 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO facility · per diem · outpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 15 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO facility · per diem · outpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 16 | Mercy St. Francis Hospital View, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.3k | $2.3k | $1.3k | 55% | 1–10 | $1.1k – $3.6k |
| 17 | Methodist Hospital St. Louis Park, MN facility · other · both | 1 | $387 | $387 | — | — | 1–10 | $387 – $387 |
| 18 | North Memorial Health Care Robbinsdale, MN facility · other · both | 1 | $365 | $365 | — | — | 1–10 | $365 – $365 |
| 19 | Regions Hospital St. Paul, MN facility · other · both | 1 | $387 | $387 | — | — | 1–10 | $387 – $387 |
| 20 | Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, ND percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.3k | $2.3k | $77 | 3% | 1–10 | $2.2k – $2.4k |
| 21 | Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $4.4k | $4.4k | $148 | 3% | 1–10 | $4.2k – $4.5k |
| 22 | Spooner Health System, Inc Spooner, WI facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 23 | Westfields Hospital New Richmond, WI facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.4k | $2.4k | $756 | 31% | 1–10 | $1.7k – $3.2k |
| 24 | AHS Claremore Hospital, LLC Claremore, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 25 | AHS Hillcrest Medical Center, LLC Tulsa, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.9k | $3.9k | — | — | — | $3.9k – $3.9k |
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