Scans and imaging CPT 72156 Outpatient

Neck MRI with contrast cost in Rome, GA

In Rome, GA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the neck (cervical spine) without and with contrast: from $2,409.50 to $5,220.40, with a median of $3,814.95. The lowest listed price is at Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center — $1,405.45 less than the median here. Across Georgia, the median is $2,382.51 at 36 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Nov 19, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$2,409.50Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Median$3,814.95half pay less
Highest$5,220.40in this market
Difference2.2×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 Rome, GA.

median
Lowest $2,409.50Highest $5,220.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center lowest Rome, GA · (706) 509-6900 HC MRI CERV SPINE COMBO $2,409.50 $4,819.00 $347.98–$4,096.15 50% Nov 19, 2025
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AdventHealth Redmond Rome, GA · (706) 802-3012 HC MRI, CERV SPINE COMBO $5,220.40 $5,220.40 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $2,409.50, median $3,814.95, highest $5,220.40 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $3,814.95. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.