SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the lower back, no contrast dye in Defiance, OH

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72148, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Hospital		Cash price	List price	Off	File date
MERCY HEALTH DEFIANCE HOSPITAL LLC DEFIANCE, OH HC MRI-Spine Lumbar WO Contrast		$1,077.60	$1,796.00	40%	— file

Outpatient: lowest $1,077.60, median $1,077.60, highest $1,077.60.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,069.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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