SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the lower back, no contrast dye in Richmond, VA

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 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 — and —.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
BON SECOURS ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER LLC MIDLOTHIAN, VA
HC MRI-Spine Lumbar WO Contrast
$1,954.80 $3,258.00 40%
file
BON SECOURS RICHMOND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LLC RICHMOND, VA
HC MRI-Spine Lumbar WO Contrast
$1,954.80 $3,258.00 40%
file
BON SECOURS ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF RICHMOND LLC RICHMOND, VA
HC MRI-Spine Lumbar WO Contrast
$1,954.80 $3,258.00 40%
file
BON SECOURS MEMORIAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC MECHANICSVILLE, VA
HC MRI-Spine Lumbar WO Contrast
$1,954.80 $3,258.00 40%
file
BON SECOURS MERCY HEALTH PETERSBURG LLC PETERSBURG, VA
HC MRI-Spine Lumbar WO Contrast
$5,799.60 $19,332.00 70%
file

Outpatient: lowest $1,954.80, median $1,954.80, highest $5,799.60 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,483.80. 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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