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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Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, spinal canal and contents, lumbar; without contrast material
RED OAK, TX
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Medical City Arlington’s median price of $932 is 62% above the median hospital's median price ($575), higher than 63% 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: 10 payers, 42 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 | UnitedHealthcare chip fee schedule · outpatient | $197.14 | $197.14 | $197.14 – $197.14 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare star fee schedule · outpatient | $197.14 | $197.14 | $197.14 – $197.14 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $197.14 | $197.14 | $197.14 – $197.14 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare starperinate fee schedule · outpatient | $197.14 | $197.14 | $197.14 – $197.14 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare starplus fee schedule · outpatient | $197.14 | $197.14 | $197.14 – $197.14 |
| 6 | Cigna Healthspring mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $207.00 | $207.00 | $207.00 – $207.00 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health chip fee schedule · outpatient | $212.91 | $212.91 | $212.91 – $212.91 |
| 8 | Aetna Better Health mcd fee schedule · outpatient | $212.91 | $212.91 | $212.91 – $212.91 |
| 9 | Molina chip fee schedule · outpatient | $218.83 | $218.83 | $216.85 – $220.80 |
| 10 | Molina mcdstar fee schedule · outpatient | $218.83 | $218.83 | $216.85 – $220.80 |
| 11 | Molina star+plus fee schedule · outpatient | $218.83 | $218.83 | $216.85 – $220.80 |
| 12 | Molina starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $218.83 | $218.83 | $216.85 – $220.80 |
| 13 | Humana mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $246.42 | $246.42 | $246.42 – $246.42 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluepremier fee schedule · outpatient | $277.32 | $277.32 | $277.32 – $277.32 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueadvantagehmo fee schedule · outpatient | $293.63 | $293.63 | $293.63 – $293.63 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $293.63 | $293.63 | $293.63 – $293.63 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange fee schedule · outpatient | $313.62 | $313.62 | $313.62 – $313.62 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup fee schedule · outpatient | $313.62 | $313.62 | $313.62 – $313.62 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix fee schedule · outpatient | $517.79 | $517.79 | $517.79 – $517.79 |
| 20 | Humana comm fee schedule · outpatient | $605.11 | $605.11 | $605.11 – $605.11 |
| 21 | Aetna qhphix other · outpatient | $761.00 | $761.00 | $761.00 – $761.00 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials fee schedule · outpatient | $906.53 | $906.53 | $906.53 – $906.53 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentialsaccess fee schedule · outpatient | $906.53 | $906.53 | $906.53 – $906.53 |
| 24 | Superior Healthplan chip percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $931.52 | $931.52 | $931.52 – $931.52 |
| 25 | Superior Healthplan mcdstar percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $931.52 | $931.52 | $931.52 – $931.52 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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