SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the lower back, no contrast dye in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 9 cities for code 72148, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and May 5, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
INDIANA ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL LLC INDIANAPOLIS, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $568.47 $3,967.39 86% —
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St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana LLC CARMEL, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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Naab Road Surgery Center INDIANAPOLIS, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana LLC CARMEL, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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St. Vincent Fishers Hospital, Inc. FISHERS, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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St. Vincent Fishers Hospital, Inc. FISHERS, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital, Inc. ANDERSON, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital, Inc. ANDERSON, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc. CARMEL, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc. CARMEL, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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Carmel AmbSurg CARMEL, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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Carmel AmbSurg CARMEL, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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Endo Surgery Center CARMEL, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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Endo Surgery Center CARMEL, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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Naab Road Surgery Center INDIANAPOLIS, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $582.60 $971.00 40% —
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MAJOR HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE, IN
MRI scan of lower spinal canal without contrast		 $879.78 $2,838.00 69% Apr 7, 2026
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Riverview Health NOBLESVILLE, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO CONT		 $1,296.00 $2,160.00 40% —
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St. Vincent Madison County Health System, Inc. ELWOOD, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $1,791.60 $2,986.00 40% —
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St. Vincent Madison County Health System, Inc. ELWOOD, IN
MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO/C		 $1,791.60 $2,986.00 40% —
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Eskenazi Health INDIANAPOLIS, IN
HC MRI Spine Lumbar W/O Cont		 $1,980.90 $2,201.00 10% —
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Eskenazi Health INDIANAPOLIS, IN
HC MRI Spine Lumbar W/O Cont		 $1,980.90 $2,201.00 10% —
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Witham Memorial Hospital LEBANON, IN
MRI scan of lower spinal canal without contrast		 $2,496.06 $3,565.80 30% Mar 31, 2026
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JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FRANKLIN, IN
MRI scan of lower spinal canal without contrast		 $3,475.20 $4,344.00 20% May 5, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $568.47, median $582.60, highest $3,475.20 — a 6.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $582.60. 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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