Scans and imaging CPT 72156 Outpatient

Neck MRI with contrast cost in Allentown, PA

In Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the neck (cervical spine) without and with contrast: from $476.54 to $476.54, with a median of $476.54. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $2,854.80 at 64 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72156, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$476.54Hackettstown Medical Center
Median$476.54half pay less
Highest$476.54in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ.

median
Lowest $476.54Highest $1,140.66

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hackettstown Medical Center lowest Hackettstown, NJ · (908) 852-5100 MRI Spine Cerv W&WO $476.54 $11,210.00 — 96% —
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Hackettstown Medical Center Hackettstown, NJ · (908) 852-5100 MRI Spine Cerv W&WO $1,140.66 $13,397.80 — 91% —
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Outpatient: lowest $476.54, median $476.54, highest $476.54.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $476.54. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

This MRI of the cervical spine is done without and then with contrast dye. Contrast helps after spine surgery and with tumors, infections and multiple sclerosis.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan and the contrast dye. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.