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MRI L-SPINE W/O CONT
Dallas, TX
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Medical City Dallas’s median price of $907 is 58% above the median hospital's median price ($575), higher than 61% 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: 11 payers, 46 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 | $281.98 | $281.98 | $281.98 – $281.98 |
| 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 | Superior Healthplan chip percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $481.01 | $481.01 | $481.01 – $481.01 |
| 20 | Superior Healthplan mcdstar percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $481.01 | $481.01 | $481.01 – $481.01 |
| 21 | Superior Healthplan starhealth percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $481.01 | $481.01 | $481.01 – $481.01 |
| 22 | Superior Healthplan starkids percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $481.01 | $481.01 | $481.01 – $481.01 |
| 23 | Superior Healthplan starplus percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $481.01 | $481.01 | $481.01 – $481.01 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix fee schedule · outpatient | $517.79 | $517.79 | $517.79 – $517.79 |
| 25 | Humana comm fee schedule · outpatient | $605.11 | $605.11 | $605.11 – $605.11 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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