SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the lower back, no contrast dye in Worcester, MA

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 26, 2026 and Apr 3, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
UMass Memorial Medical Center WORCESTER, MA
HC MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast
$3,763.00 $3,763.00 Mar 26, 2026
file
HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital LEOMINSTER, MA
HC MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast
$3,774.00 $3,774.00 Mar 26, 2026
file
UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital, Inc. SOUTHBRIDGE, MA
HC MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast
$3,889.00 $3,889.00 Apr 3, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $3,763.00, median $3,774.00, highest $3,889.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $3,774.00. 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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