Lower back MRI with contrast cost in Great Bend, KS
In Great Bend, KS, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the lower back, without and then with contrast dye: from $637.50 to $1,498.70, with a median of $1,068.10. The lowest listed price is at Great Plains of Ellinwood — $430.60 less than the median here. Across Kansas, the median is $1,775.00 at 49 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities 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 Aug 20, 2026 and Sep 26, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Great Bend, KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Plains of Ellinwood lowest Ellinwood, KS MRI scan of lower spinal canal before and after contrast | $637.50 | $750.00 | $525.00 | 15% | Aug 20, 2026 source file |
| Clara Barton Hospital Hoisington, KS · (620) 653-2114 MRI scan of lower spinal canal before and after contrast | $1,498.70 | $2,141.00 | $521.00–$1,969.72 | 30% | Sep 26, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $637.50, median $1,068.10, highest $1,498.70 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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 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.