SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the lower back, no contrast dye in Meridian, MS

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Feb 17, 2026 and Feb 25, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center MERIDIAN, MS
HC MR SPINE LUMBAR LTD WO CONTRAST
$263.12 $1,196.00 78% Feb 25, 2026
file
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center MERIDIAN, MS
HC MR SPINE LUMBAR WO CONTRAST
$263.12 $1,196.00 78% Feb 25, 2026
file
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center-South MERIDIAN, MS
HC MR SPINE LUMBAR LTD WO CONTRAST
$478.40 $1,196.00 60% Feb 17, 2026
file
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center-South MERIDIAN, MS
HC MR SPINE LUMBAR WO CONTRAST
$478.40 $1,196.00 60% Feb 17, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $263.12, median $370.76, highest $478.40 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $370.76. 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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