SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the lower back, no contrast dye in Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Jun 6, 2026 and Jun 6, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital LEBANON, NH
MRI LUMBAR SPINE
$1,559.38 $5,096.00 69%
file
VALLEY REGIONAL HOSPITAL CLAREMONT, NH
MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE
$2,019.05 $3,671.00 45% Jun 6, 2026
file
VALLEY REGIONAL HOSPITAL CLAREMONT, NH
MR SPINE LUMBAR RED SERVICE W/O
$2,019.05 $3,671.00 45% Jun 6, 2026
file
VALLEY REGIONAL HOSPITAL CLAREMONT, NH
MR SPINE LUMBAR W/O
$2,019.05 $3,671.00 45% Jun 6, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $1,559.38, median $2,019.05, highest $2,019.05 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,019.05. 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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