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
HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE CONTRAST - MRI LUMBAR SPINE W CONTRAST
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $3.4k is 333% above the median hospital's median price ($778), higher than 94% of the 2,483 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: 3 payers, 3 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 | Humana choice care network fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Aetna aetna - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $5.0k | $5.0k | — | — | — | $5.0k – $5.0k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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