SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the lower back, no contrast dye in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA

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 Sep 15, 2026 and Sep 15, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
WATSONVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WATSONVILLE, CA
MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE
$7,131.18 $11,885.30 40% Sep 15, 2026
file
WATSONVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WATSONVILLE, CA
MR-LUMB SPINE WO
$7,131.18 $11,885.30 40% Sep 15, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $7,131.18, median $7,131.18, highest $7,131.18.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $7,131.18. 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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