SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72148, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital
RAPID CITY, SD MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST |
$713.40 | $1,189.00 | 40% | — file |
Outpatient: lowest $713.40, median $713.40, highest $713.40.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $713.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72148 ($1,583.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital
RAPID CITY, SD PC MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO CONTRAST |
$126.00 | file |