SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the lower back, no contrast dye in Helena, MT

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
St. Peter's Health HELENA, MT HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST-LIMITED		$1,620.73	$1,906.74	15%	— file
St. Peter's Health HELENA, MT MAGNETIC RESONANCE TECHNOLOGY (MRT) - MRI - SPINAL CORD/SPINE)		$1,977.06	$2,325.95	15%	— file
St. Peter's Health HELENA, MT HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST		$1,978.59	$2,327.75	15%	— file

Outpatient: lowest $1,620.73, median $1,977.06, highest $1,978.59 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,799.66. 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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