Lower back MRI with contrast cost in Green Bay, WI
In Green Bay, WI, 6 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the lower back, without and then with contrast dye: from $808.40 to $3,265.00, with a median of $2,700.06. The lowest listed price is at Bellin Memorial Health — $1,891.66 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $2,700.06 at 78 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 3 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 Nov 21, 2025 and Jun 27, 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 Green Bay, WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellin Memorial Health lowest Green Bay, WI · (920) 433-3500 HCHG 72158 MRI L-SPINE W&WO CONTRAST | $808.40 | $1,746.00 | $450.47–$1,571.40 | 54% | Jun 27, 2026 source file |
| Bellin Health Oconto Hospital Oconto, WI · (920) 835-1101 HCHG 72158 MRI L-SPINE W&WO CONTRAST | $968.60 | $2,092.00 | $606.68–$1,882.80 | 54% | Jun 27, 2026 source file |
| Bellin Memorial Health Green Bay, WI · (920) 433-3500 HCHG 72158 MRI L-SPINE W&WO CONTRAST | $2,127.95 | $4,596.00 | $171.77–$373.25 | 54% | Jun 27, 2026 source file |
| St Marys Hospital Medical Center Green Bay, WI · (920) 498-4200 HC MRI L-SPINE W&W/O CON | $2,700.06 | $4,091.00 | $179.97–$4,091.00 | 34% | — source file |
| St Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Green Bay, WI · (920) 433-0111 HC MRI L-SPINE W&W/O CON | $2,700.06 | $4,091.00 | $186.59–$4,091.00 | 34% | — source file |
| St Clare Memorial Hospital Oconto Falls, WI · (920) 846-3444 HC MRI L-SPINE W&W/O CON | $2,700.06 | $4,091.00 | $356.43–$4,091.00 | 34% | — source file |
| Aurora BayCare Medical Center Green Bay, WI · (920) 288-8000 MR L SPINE W/WO DYE | $3,265.00 | $6,530.00 | $650.00–$5,550.50 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $808.40, median $2,700.06, highest $3,265.00 — a 4.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $2,700.06. 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 6 of 6 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.