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
$106
Average
$4.0k
Median
$690
High
$557.4k
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186 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 7.7× 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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iThe hospitals that file a Highmark 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 | Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Kittanning, PA facility · other · outpatient | 4 | $803 | $721 | $181 | 25% | 20–38 | $411 – $865 |
| 2 | NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Philadelphia, PA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 3–30 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 3 | Community Health Association Ripley, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 4 | Grant Memorial Hospital Inc Petersburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $924 | $924 | — | — | 2–20 | $924 – $924 |
| 5 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $1.8k | $2.0k | $913 | 45% | 2–20 | $883 – $3.9k |
| 6 | Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $0 | 0% | 2–20 | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 7 | Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $282 | $282 | — | — | 2–20 | $282 – $282 |
| 8 | St Joseph Mercy Oakland Pontiac, MI facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $345 | $345 | — | — | 2–20 | $345 – $345 |
| 9 | St Peters Hospital Albany, NY professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $236 | $236 | — | — | 2–20 | $236 – $236 |
| 10 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $346 | $325 | $64 | 20% | 1–10 | $144 – $349 |
| 11 | Community Health Association Ripley, WV professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $61 | $61 | — | — | 1–10 | $61 – $61 |
| 12 | Davis Medical Center Elkins, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 13 | Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association South Charleston, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $346 | $313 | $75 | 24% | 1–10 | $144 – $346 |
| 14 | Hospital Development Co Spencer, WV fee schedule · both | 2 | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 15 | Mercy Health Hackley Campus Muskogen, MI facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $345 | $345 | — | — | 1–10 | $345 – $345 |
| 16 | Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood, WV percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $4.8k | $4.7k | $592 | 12% | 1–10 | $3.8k – $5.6k |
| 17 | Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc. Princeton, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $371 | $326 | $91 | 28% | 1–10 | $144 – $371 |
| 18 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $345 | $345 | — | — | 1–10 | $345 – $345 |
| 19 | St Mary Mercy Livonia Livonia, MI facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $345 | $345 | — | — | 1–10 | $345 – $345 |
| 20 | St Peters Hospital Albany, NY professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $282 | $282 | — | — | 1–10 | $282 – $282 |
| 21 | St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc. Buckhannon, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 22 | Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 23 | Webster Memorial Hospital Inc Cowen, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $4179.2k | $4179.2k | $202.5k | 5% | 1–10 | $3976.6k – $4381.7k |
| 24 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $336 | $302 | $66 | 22% | 1–10 | $144 – $349 |
| 25 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 10 | $266 | $427 | $331 | 77% | — | $98 – $1.0k |
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