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
$215
Average
$2.5k
Median
$2.1k
High
$21.1k
Each hospital's average Medica rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
296 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 10.3× 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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533 hospital rates
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 | WINNESHIEK MEDICAL CENTER Decorah, IA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $4.5k | $4.5k | $74 | 2% | 3–30 | $4.5k – $4.6k |
| 2 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN other · inpatient | 2 | $457 | $457 | $33 | 7% | 2–20 | $424 – $490 |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc City, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.6k | $2.5k | $1.4k | 57% | 2–20 | $1.3k – $4.4k |
| 5 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Omaha, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $660 | $976 | $694 | 71% | 1–10 | $419 – $2.2k |
| 6 | Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Yankton, SD fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $535 | $535 | — | — | 1–10 | $535 – $535 |
| 7 | Avera St. Anthony's Hospital O'Neill, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $535 | $535 | — | — | 1–10 | $535 – $535 |
| 8 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $490 | $490 | — | — | 1–10 | $490 – $490 |
| 9 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $491 | $491 | — | — | 1–10 | $491 – $491 |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $449 | $449 | — | — | 1–10 | $449 – $449 |
| 11 | Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $383 | $383 | — | — | 1–10 | $383 – $383 |
| 12 | Fairview Health Services Princeton, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $491 | $491 | — | — | 1–10 | $491 – $491 |
| 13 | HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $909 | $909 | — | — | 1–10 | $909 – $909 |
| 14 | Mercy Hospital Ardmore Inc Ardmore, OK facility · per diem · outpatient | 1 | $733 | $733 | — | — | 1–10 | $733 – $733 |
| 15 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO facility · per diem · outpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 16 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO facility · per diem · outpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | Methodist Hospital St. Louis Park, MN facility · other · both | 1 | $387 | $387 | — | — | 1–10 | $387 – $387 |
| 19 | Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, ND percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.4k | $2.4k | $79 | 3% | 1–10 | $2.3k – $2.4k |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | Spooner Health System, Inc Spooner, WI facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 22 | Westfields Hospital New Richmond, WI facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.9k | $1.9k | $583 | 31% | 1–10 | $1.3k – $2.5k |
| 23 | AHS Claremore Hospital, LLC Claremore, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 24 | AHS Hillcrest Medical Center, LLC Tulsa, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 25 | AHS Pryor Hospital, LLC Pryor, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
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