Lower back MRI with contrast cost in Grand Rapids, MI
In Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, 4 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the lower back, without and then with contrast dye: from $2,638.00 to $3,387.00, with a median of $3,012.50. The lowest listed price is at Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital and 1 other hospital — $374.50 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $2,638.00 at 57 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 72158, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital lowest Zeeland, MI · (616) 772-4644 Hc Mri Lumbar Spine Wo & With Contrast | $2,638.00 | $2,638.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Greenville Hospital lowest Greenville, MI · (616) 754-4691 Hc Mri Lumbar Spine Wo & With Contrast | $2,638.00 | $2,638.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 Hc Mri Lumbar Spine Wo & With Contrast | $3,387.00 | $3,387.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 Hc Mri Lumbar Spine Wo & With Contrast | $3,387.00 | $3,387.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids, MI Hc Mri Lumbar Spine Wo & With Contrast | $3,387.00 | $3,387.00 | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,638.00, median $3,012.50, highest $3,387.00 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $2,922.00. 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.