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.
Original text from hospital filings
MRI Spine Thoracic W/+W/O Cont
Low
$225
Average
$1.9k
Median
$1.4k
High
$10.1k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
72 payers; the 90th percentile is 6.9× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | Medicare other · both · +22 other terms | 52 | $369 | $446 | $332 | 74% | 327–606 | $326 – $2.7k |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +38 other terms | 536 | $850 | $1.3k | $1.7k | 131% | 109–199 | $1 – $18.8k |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +39 other terms | 810 | $663 | $773 | $778 | 101% | 93–336 | $1 – $10.5k |
| 4 | Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +4 other terms | 6 | $603 | $535 | $193 | 36% | 70–142 | $322 – $769 |
| 5 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 216 | $842 | $774 | $930 | 120% | 58–229 | $8 – $10.7k |
| 6 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 266 | $422 | $471 | $283 | 60% | 57–102 | $1 – $3.6k |
| 7 | Bcbs Mt fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 1 | $820 | $820 | — | — | 41 | $820 – $820 |
| 8 | Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 379 | $849 | $1.2k | $1.3k | 108% | 37–145 | $60 – $17.0k |
| 9 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +39 other terms | 649 | $538 | $1.1k | $1.2k | 109% | 26–80 | $1 – $10.6k |
| 10 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 460 | $406 | $791 | $1.1k | 133% | 6–60 | $1 – $11.8k |
| 11 | Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms | 77 | $535 | $1.5k | $1.6k | 111% | 3–30 | $87 – $6.6k |
| 12 | Bcbs In other · both · +1 other terms | 11 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $204 | 15% | 3–30 | $847 – $1.7k |
| 13 | Florida Blue fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 1 | $4.4k | $4.4k | $1.1k | 25% | 3–30 | $3.4k – $6.5k |
| 14 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 91 | $351 | $550 | $941 | 171% | 2–20 | $49 – $6.2k |
| 15 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 64 | $1.4k | $2.0k | $2.6k | 130% | 2–20 | $129 – $9.9k |
| 16 | Premera facility · fee schedule · both · +18 other terms | 24 | $356 | $794 | $616 | 78% | 2–20 | $347 – $2.2k |
| 17 | Carefirst facility · fee schedule · both · +16 other terms | 23 | $356 | $780 | $600 | 77% | 2–20 | $347 – $2.2k |
| 18 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 92 | $440 | $602 | $333 | 55% | 1–10 | $1 – $2.0k |
| 19 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 58 | $329 | $1.3k | $1.8k | 140% | 1–10 | $115 – $7.0k |
| 20 | Medical Mutual fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 18 | $943 | $989 | $531 | 54% | 1–10 | $303 – $2.6k |
| 21 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms | 198 | $380 | $435 | $207 | 47% | — | $86 – $1.5k |
| 22 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 129 | $4.4k | $3.6k | $3.2k | 89% | — | $1 – $12.0k |
| 23 | Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms | 122 | $554 | $562 | $456 | 81% | — | $93 – $3.8k |
| 24 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms | 112 | $741 | $1.1k | $1.4k | 129% | — | $107 – $8.4k |
| 25 | Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 102 | $350 | $406 | $426 | 105% | — | $302 – $4.9k |
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