Scans and imaging CPT 72156 Outpatient

Neck MRI with contrast cost in Summersville, WV

In Summersville, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the neck (cervical spine) without and with contrast: from $1,690.50 to $1,690.50, with a median of $1,690.50. Across West Virginia, the median is $1,958.75 at 20 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$1,690.50Summersville Regional Medical Center
Median$1,690.50half pay less
Highest$1,690.50in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville, WV · (304) 872-2891 MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST $1,690.50 $3,381.00 — 50% —
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Outpatient: lowest $1,690.50, median $1,690.50, highest $1,690.50.

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72156 ($2,506.90). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville, WVMRI NECK SPINE W/O & W/DYE $112.50 file