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 CERV SPINE COMBO - MRI CERVICAL SPINE W WO CONTRAST
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $4.4k is 408% above the median hospital's median price ($871), higher than 94% of the 2,623 hospitals reporting CPT 72156. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 15 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 | Aetna aetna - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $495 | $495 | — | — | — | $495 – $495 |
| 2 | Medicaid medi-cal case rate · inpatient | $725 | $725 | — | — | — | $725 – $725 |
| 3 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 4 | Kaiser kaiser - rehab percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 5 | Molina molina - exchange percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 6 | Molina molina medi-cal percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - prudent buyer percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.4k | $4.4k | — | — | — | $4.4k – $4.4k |
| 9 | Molina molina - cal medi-connect percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - promise percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 11 | Aetna first health - direct percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5.5k | $5.5k | — | — | — | $5.5k – $5.5k |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $5.5k | $5.5k | — | — | — | $5.5k – $5.5k |
| 13 | Kaiser kaiser - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5.5k | $5.5k | — | — | — | $5.5k – $5.5k |
| 14 | Kaiser kaiser - rehab percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $5.9k | $5.9k | — | — | — | $5.9k – $5.9k |
| 15 | Aetna first health - direct percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $6.4k | $6.4k | — | — | — | $6.4k – $6.4k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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