Lower back MRI with contrast cost in Grand Junction, CO
In Grand Junction, CO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the lower back, without and then with contrast dye: from $3,161.90 to $3,161.90, with a median of $3,161.90. Across Colorado, the median is $3,751.02 at 30 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72158, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Health West Hospital Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/WO CONTRAST | $3,161.90 | $4,517.00 | — | 30% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $3,161.90, median $3,161.90, highest $3,161.90.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $3,161.90. 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 lumbar spine takes one set of pictures without contrast dye and a second set after the dye is injected into a vein. The dye helps tell scar tissue from a new disc problem after back surgery and can show infection, inflammation or tumors.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers both sets of images; the contrast agent may appear as a separate line on some bills. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72158 ($2,716.80). 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.
| Family Health West Hospital Fruita, COCAH MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O & W/CONTR MATRL | $149.80 | file |