SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the lower back, no contrast dye in North Wilkesboro, NC

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 8, 2025 and Oct 8, 2025.

Hospital		Cash price	List price	Off	File date
WRMC Hospital Operating Corporation NORTH WILKESBORO, NC HC MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL		$1,832.00	$3,664.00	50%	Oct 8, 2025 file

Outpatient: lowest $1,832.00, median $1,832.00, highest $1,832.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,832.00. 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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