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
72148 - MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W-O CONTRAST MATERIAL
Dorado, AR
See all hospitals reporting CPT 72148 →Price type
Baptist Health Medical Center - El Dorado’s median price of $374 is 35% below the median hospital's median price ($575), higher than 33% of the 2,589 hospitals reporting CPT 72148. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 4 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
Filter by billing methodology
Filter by billing class
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all fee schedule · outpatient | $248.12 | $248.12 | $244.98 – $251.25 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all fee schedule · outpatient | $294.57 | $294.57 | $294.57 – $294.57 |
| 3 | Ambetter all fee schedule · outpatient | $369.15 | $369.15 | $369.15 – $369.15 |
| 4 | Caresource all fee schedule · outpatient | $607.82 | $607.82 | $607.82 – $607.82 |
Last updated: Jul 1, 2026
See MRI lumbar spine without contrast dye pricing across every hospital in the network reporting it, or ask Claude or any MCP client directly — see how to connect.