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 Spinal Canal Lumbar W/O & W/Contr Matrl
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Based on 22,967–59,300 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$108
Average
$2.3k
Median
$1.5k
High
$1008.3k
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| 1 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $350 | $681 | $802 | 118% | 816 | $85 – $3.5k |
| 2 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $2.4k | $2.0k | $773 | 39% | 792–882 | $357 – $2.6k |
| 3 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $744 | $867 | $551 | 64% | 747–819 | $280 – $1.9k |
| 4 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $1.2k | $1.6k | $1.4k | 87% | 743–806 | $332 – $5.2k |
| 5 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $1.2k | $1.6k | $1.4k | 87% | 743–806 | $332 – $5.2k |
| 6 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc. Louisville, KY | $2.2k | $3.5k | $3.4k | 96% | 638–647 | $278 – $11.5k |
| 7 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $1.7k | $2.1k | $1.3k | 59% | 535–688 | $346 – $4.8k |
| 8 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC | $1.6k | $1.9k | $1.2k | 64% | 497–596 | $346 – $4.5k |
| 9 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA | $2.6k | $2.7k | $2.3k | 86% | 493–925 | $62 – $6.6k |
| 10 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $2.4k | $3.7k | $3.5k | 96% | 472 | $518 – $11.7k |
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