Scans and imaging CPT 72146 Outpatient

Thoracic spine MRI cost in Cut Bank, MT

In Cut Bank, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the mid back (thoracic spine), no contrast dye: from $1,741.68 to $1,741.68, with a median of $1,741.68. Across Montana, the median is $1,747.04 at 20 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72146, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,741.68Logan Health - Cut Bank
Median$1,741.68half pay less
Highest$1,741.68in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Cut Bank, MT.

median
Lowest $1,741.68Highest $1,741.68

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health - Cut Bank lowest Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 MR T Spine wo Contrast Limited $1,741.68 $2,679.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Cut Bank lowest Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 MR Exam $1,741.68 $2,679.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,741.68, median $1,741.68, highest $1,741.68.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,741.68. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

An MRI of the thoracic spine makes detailed pictures of the middle section of the spine, between the neck and the lower back, including discs, vertebrae and the spinal cord. It is ordered for mid-back pain, suspected fractures or nerve symptoms. No contrast dye is used.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan of the mid-back section only. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72146 ($2,013.08). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MTMR T Spine wo Contrast Limited - Report $108.55 file
Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MTMR T Spine wo Contrast - Report $108.55 file