Scans and imaging CPT 72156 Outpatient

Neck MRI with contrast cost in Rockford, IL

In Rockford, IL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the neck (cervical spine) without and with contrast: from $4,834.46 to $4,834.46, with a median of $4,834.46. Across Illinois, the median is $3,893.76 at 100 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72156, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 1, 2026 and Mar 1, 2026.

Lowest$4,834.46Rockford Memorial Hospital
Median$4,834.46half pay less
Highest$4,834.46in 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 Rockford, IL.

median
Lowest $4,834.46Highest $4,834.46

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Rockford Memorial Hospital lowest Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC MRI CERVICAL SPINE W/WO CONTRAST $4,834.46 $6,445.94 — 25% Mar 1, 2026
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Rockford Memorial Hospital lowest Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC MRI CERVICAL SPINE W/WO CONTRAST $4,834.46 $6,445.94 — 25% Mar 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $4,834.46, median $4,834.46, highest $4,834.46.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4,834.46. 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.