CPT 72157
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
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Low
$34
Average
$6.5k
Median
$3.2k
High
$4456.7k
Showing only prices reported under the percent of billed charges methodology. Choose another in the filter below to change the chart. 1768 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 4.0× 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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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA | $4.3k | $3.5k | $2.3k | 67% | 2,158–2,437 | $203 – $7.0k |
| 2 | North Arkansas Regional Medical Center Harrison, AR | $38 | $34 | $11 | 33% | 2,145 | $10 – $42 |
| 3 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $1.3k | $2.1k | $1.3k | 61% | 648–666 | $573 – $5.2k |
| 4 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $1.3k | $2.1k | $1.3k | 61% | 648–666 | $573 – $5.2k |
| 5 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ | $2.8k | $2.5k | $1.0k | 41% | 561–795 | $987 – $4.7k |
| 6 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $2.4k | $2.4k | $221 | 9% | 407–524 | $1.9k – $2.7k |
| 7 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $1.9k | $2.4k | $1.2k | 49% | 396–495 | $1.0k – $4.7k |
| 8 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC | $1.8k | $2.3k | $1.1k | 49% | 396–495 | $976 – $4.4k |
| 9 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc. Louisville, KY | $2.1k | $2.4k | $1.8k | 74% | 219–237 | $661 – $5.4k |
| 10 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL | $5.0k | $4.4k | $2.0k | 47% | 174–183 | $793 – $6.7k |
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