SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the lower back, no contrast dye in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Cash prices at 22 facilities across 19 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 24, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Lower Bucks Hospital BRISTOL, PA
Hc Mri, Lumbar Spine
$234.00 $3,314.97 93% Sep 1, 2026
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Roxborough Memorial Hospital EAST NORRITON, PA
Hc Mri, Lumbar Spine
$243.00 $3,950.55 94% Sep 1, 2026
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Roxborough Memorial Hospital EAST NORRITON, PA
Hc Mri, Lumbar Spine
$243.00 $3,950.55 94% Sep 1, 2026
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Virtua_Memorial_Hospital_Inc | MOUNT HOLLY, NJ
HC MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast
$860.10 $8,601.00 90%
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Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc VOORHEES, NJ
HC MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast
$860.10 $8,601.00 90%
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Virtua_Willingboro_Hospital_Inc WILLINBORO, NJ
HC MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast
$860.10 $8,601.00 90%
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Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc VOORHEES, NJ
HC MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast
$860.10 $8,601.00 90%
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Virtua_Our_Lady_of_Lourdes_Inc CAMDEN, NJ
HC MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast
$860.10 $8,601.00 90%
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Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill MULLICA HILL, NJ
MRI L-SPINE W/O CONT
$1,249.97 $1,249.97 Mar 24, 2026
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Inspira Health Center Woodbury WOODBURY, NJ
MRI L-SPINE W/O CONT
$1,249.97 $1,249.97 Mar 24, 2026
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Inspira Medical Center Elmer ELMER, NJ
MRI L-SPINE W/O CONT
$1,249.97 $1,249.97 Mar 24, 2026
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Inspira Medical Center Mannington SALEM, NJ
MRI L-SPINE W/O CONT
$1,249.97 $1,249.97 Mar 24, 2026
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NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WILMINGTON, DE
MRI Lumbar W/O Cont
$1,482.00 $1,482.00
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NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WILMINGTON, DE
MRI Lumbar W/O Cont
$1,482.00 $1,482.00
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St. Francis Hospital Inc WILMINGTON, DE
HC MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast
$1,612.65 $2,481.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Paoli Hospital PAOLI, PA
Hc Mri Lumbar Spine W/O Contrst
$1,790.00 $4,475.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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The Bryn Mawr Hospital BRYN MAWR, PA
Hc Mri Lumbar Spine W/O Contrst
$1,790.00 $4,475.00 60%
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Riddle Memorial Hospital MEDIA, PA
Hc Mri Lumbar Spine W/O Contrst
$1,790.00 $4,475.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital MALVERN, PA
Hc Mri Lumbar Spine W/O Contrst
$1,790.00 $4,475.00 60%
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Lankenau Medical Center WYNNEWOOD, PA
Hc Mri Lumbar Spine W/O Contrst
$1,790.00 $4,475.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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St Mary Medical Center LANGHORNE, PA
HC MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast
$2,143.05 $3,297.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital DARBY, PA
HC MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast
$2,369.25 $3,645.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Nazareth Hospital PHILADELPHIA, PA
HC MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast
$2,876.25 $4,425.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Shriners Childrens - Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, PA
MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE
$6,065.00 $6,065.00
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The PHILADELPHIA, PA
MRI L-Spine W/O Contrast
$8,657.97 $8,657.97
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Outpatient: lowest $234.00, median $1,482.00, highest $8,657.97 — a 37.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $1,790.00. 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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