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.
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MRI Spinal Canal Lumbar W/O & W/Contr Matrl
Low
$267
Average
$1.9k
Median
$1.4k
High
$10.0k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
72 payers; the 90th percentile is 6.4× 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 | 51 | $371 | $460 | $403 | 88% | 822–1,029 | $326 – $3.2k |
| 2 | Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +4 other terms | 6 | $603 | $540 | $187 | 35% | 180–225 | $322 – $769 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +37 other terms | 536 | $872 | $1.3k | $1.7k | 131% | 125–224 | $1 – $18.8k |
| 4 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 215 | $844 | $768 | $935 | 122% | 123–285 | $8 – $10.7k |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +39 other terms | 811 | $663 | $775 | $836 | 108% | 78–294 | $1 – $11.6k |
| 6 | Bcbs Mt fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 1 | $674 | $674 | $206 | 31% | 65–74 | $382 – $820 |
| 7 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 263 | $414 | $468 | $280 | 60% | 60–105 | $1 – $3.6k |
| 8 | Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 380 | $841 | $1.2k | $1.6k | 127% | 21–111 | $26 – $17.0k |
| 9 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +39 other terms | 648 | $526 | $1.1k | $1.4k | 122% | 11–110 | $1 – $11.8k |
| 10 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 458 | $411 | $815 | $1.2k | 146% | 7–70 | $1 – $10.9k |
| 11 | Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms | 78 | $380 | $1.3k | $1.5k | 121% | 4–40 | $87 – $5.6k |
| 12 | Bcbs In other · both · +1 other terms | 11 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $204 | 15% | 4–40 | $847 – $1.7k |
| 13 | Florida Blue fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 1 | $4.3k | $4.3k | $1.0k | 24% | 3–30 | $3.4k – $6.5k |
| 14 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 91 | $351 | $609 | $1.1k | 173% | 2–20 | $49 – $6.4k |
| 15 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 64 | $1.5k | $2.3k | $3.2k | 140% | 2–20 | $129 – $10.9k |
| 16 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms | 112 | $741 | $1.1k | $1.4k | 129% | 1–10 | $107 – $8.3k |
| 17 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 91 | $442 | $601 | $345 | 57% | 1–10 | $1 – $2.4k |
| 18 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms | 58 | $329 | $2.1k | $3.5k | 172% | 1–10 | $115 – $13.9k |
| 19 | Excellus facility · fee schedule · both · +17 other terms | 24 | $356 | $753 | $521 | 69% | 1–10 | $345 – $2.3k |
| 20 | Premera facility · fee schedule · both · +18 other terms | 24 | $356 | $780 | $596 | 76% | 1–10 | $345 – $2.3k |
| 21 | Wellmark facility · fee schedule · both · +25 other terms | 24 | $356 | $733 | $591 | 81% | 1–10 | $192 – $2.4k |
| 22 | Carefirst facility · fee schedule · both · +16 other terms | 23 | $356 | $765 | $578 | 76% | 1–10 | $345 – $2.3k |
| 23 | Medical Mutual fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 18 | $943 | $1.1k | $927 | 83% | 1–10 | $303 – $4.7k |
| 24 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms | 198 | $380 | $431 | $202 | 47% | — | $86 – $1.5k |
| 25 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 130 | $4.3k | $3.8k | $3.6k | 93% | — | $140 – $12.6k |
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