Scans and imaging CPT 72156 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck MRI with contrast cost in DuBois, PA — inpatient

In DuBois, PA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the neck (cervical spine) without and with contrast as an inpatient: from $309.00 to $309.00, with a median of $309.00. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $2,854.80 at 64 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72156, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 1, 2025 and Aug 1, 2025.

Lowest$309.00Penn Highlands Dubois
Median$309.00half pay less
Highest$309.00in 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 DuBois, PA.

median
Lowest $309.00Highest $4,324.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Penn Highlands Dubois lowest DuBois, PA · (814) 371-2200 MRI Spine Cervical w/ + w/o Contrast - Report $309.00 $309.00 — — Aug 1, 2025
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Penn Highlands Dubois lowest DuBois, PA · (814) 371-2200 MRI Spine Cervical w/ + w/o Contrast - Report $309.00 $309.00 — — Aug 1, 2025
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Penn Highlands Dubois DuBois, PA · (814) 371-2200 MRI Spine Cervical w/ + w/o Contrast $4,324.00 $4,324.00 — — Aug 1, 2025
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Penn Highlands Dubois DuBois, PA · (814) 371-2200 MRI Spine Cervical w/ + w/o Contrast $4,324.00 $4,324.00 — — Aug 1, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $309.00, median $309.00, highest $309.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $309.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.