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 Jan 25, 2026 and Jan 25, 2026.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERLANGER HEALTH
PIKEVILLE, TN HC MRI Spine Lumbar W/O Contrast |
$872.78 | $3,020.00 | 71% | Jan 25, 2026 file |
Outpatient: lowest $872.78, median $872.78, highest $872.78.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $872.78. 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.
| ERLANGER HEALTH
PIKEVILLE, TN CHG MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL |
$133.23 | file |