Scans and imaging CPT 72156 Outpatient

Neck MRI with contrast cost in Redding, CA

In Redding, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the neck (cervical spine) without and with contrast: from $446.00 to $446.00, with a median of $446.00. Across California, the median is $3,970.04 at 97 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72156, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$446.00Shasta Regional Medical Center
Median$446.00half pay less
Highest$446.00in 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 Redding, CA.

median
Lowest $446.00Highest $446.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Shasta Regional Medical Center lowest Redding, CA · (530) 244-5454 MRI SP CERV W/WO CM $446.00 $5,372.00 $319.01–$5,372.00 92% Sep 1, 2026
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Shasta Regional Medical Center lowest Redding, CA · (530) 244-5454 MRI SP CERV W/WO CM EXT $446.00 $5,372.00 $319.01–$5,372.00 92% Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $446.00, median $446.00, highest $446.00.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.