SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
LEBANON, TN MRI, LUMBAR SPINE |
$555.06 | $1,914.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 file |
|
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital
MURFREESBORO, TN MRI - LUMBAR W/O |
$1,001.88 | $3,339.60 | 70% | — file |
|
| Saint Thomas West Hospital
HARDING PK NASHVILLE, TN MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO |
$1,002.12 | $3,340.40 | 70% | — file |
|
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
LEBANON, TN HC MRI L-SPINE W/O CON |
$1,419.84 | $4,896.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 file |
Outpatient: lowest $555.06, median $1,002.00, highest $1,419.84 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $987.45. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.