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/CONTRAST MATERIAL
Hackensack, NJ
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Hmh Hospitals Corporation’s median price of $1.1k is 46% above the median hospital's median price ($779), higher than 64% of the 2,508 hospitals reporting CPT 72149. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 16 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.
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| 1 | Optum managed medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $336 | $336 | — | — | — | $336 – $336 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $421 | $421 | — | — | — | $421 – $421 |
| 3 | Optum medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $421 | $421 | — | — | — | $421 – $421 |
| 4 | WellCare managed medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $421 | $421 | — | — | — | $421 – $421 |
| 5 | WellCare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $421 | $421 | — | — | — | $421 – $421 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $445 | $445 | — | — | — | $445 – $445 |
| 7 | Cigna hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $596 | $596 | — | — | — | $596 – $596 |
| 8 | Cigna ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $596 | $596 | — | — | — | $596 – $596 |
| 9 | Clover medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $700 | $700 | — | — | — | $700 – $700 |
| 10 | Aetna asa facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $801 | $801 | — | — | — | $801 – $801 |
| 11 | Aetna hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $801 | $801 | — | — | — | $801 – $801 |
| 12 | Aetna ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $801 | $801 | — | — | — | $801 – $801 |
| 13 | Aetna managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $976 | $976 | — | — | — | $976 – $976 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 15 | Cigna bh facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 16 | MultiPlan all products facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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