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 SPINAL CANAL AND CONTENTS LUMB WO CONT
Chapel Hill, NC
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University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill’s median price of $977 is 72% above the median hospital's median price ($568), higher than 64% of the 2,552 hospitals reporting CPT 72148. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Jun 4, 2026
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