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
$2
Average
$2.8k
Median
$1.2k
High
$2165.1k
Each hospital's average UnitedHealthcare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
2185 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 8.9× 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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4,139 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a UnitedHealthcare 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 | 4 | $338 | $293 | $55 | 19% | 671 | $225 – $338 |
| 2 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO per diem · both | 1 | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | 197 | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 3 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI other · inpatient | 5 | $1.1k | $872 | $485 | 56% | 182–200 | $209 – $1.4k |
| 4 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | 149–158 | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 5 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS other · outpatient | 2 | $857 | $857 | $533 | 62% | 110 | $324 – $1.4k |
| 6 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $971 | $971 | $398 | 41% | 84–102 | $573 – $1.4k |
| 7 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $971 | $971 | $398 | 41% | 84–102 | $573 – $1.4k |
| 8 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO per diem · both | 1 | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 55 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 9 | DIGNITY HEALTH Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 6 | $824 | $716 | $267 | 37% | 48–57 | $346 – $1.1k |
| 10 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN other · inpatient | 3 | $954 | $760 | $273 | 36% | 42 | $374 – $954 |
| 11 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | 39–48 | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 12 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $323 | $323 | — | — | 37 | $323 – $323 |
| 13 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Corbin, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $481 | $481 | — | — | 29 | $481 – $481 |
| 14 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN other · inpatient | 3 | $954 | $788 | $252 | 32% | 27–45 | $432 – $979 |
| 15 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 27 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 16 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 27 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 17 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC other · outpatient | 1 | $346 | $346 | — | — | 25 | $346 – $346 |
| 18 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS per diem · both | 13 | $2.2k | $2.1k | $207 | 10% | 25–61 | $1.4k – $2.2k |
| 19 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $897 | $897 | — | — | 24 | $897 – $897 |
| 20 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $897 | $897 | — | — | 24 | $897 – $897 |
| 21 | HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN other · inpatient | 3 | $954 | $756 | $279 | 37% | 24–42 | $361 – $954 |
| 22 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA fee schedule · both | 2 | $917 | $917 | $542 | 59% | 23–32 | $375 – $1.5k |
| 23 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO other · both | 1 | $349 | $349 | — | — | 22 | $349 – $349 |
| 24 | Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN other · inpatient | 3 | $954 | $756 | $279 | 37% | 21–39 | $361 – $954 |
| 25 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $958 | $958 | — | — | 19 | $958 – $958 |
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