SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the lower back, no contrast dye in ST. JOHNSBURY, VT

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 —.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, Inc. ST. JOHNSBURY, VT
MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST
$2,907.75 $3,877.00 25%
file

Outpatient: lowest $2,907.75, median $2,907.75, highest $2,907.75.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,907.75. 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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