Lower back MRI with contrast cost in Lakeland, FL
In Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL, 3 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the lower back, without and then with contrast dye: from $2,214.80 to $18,799.04, with a median of $6,390.59. The lowest listed price is at Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital — $4,175.79 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $3,659.37 at 80 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital lowest Lakeland, FL Hb Mri, Lumbar Spine Combo - Mri Lumbar Spine W Wo Contrast | $2,214.80 | $5,537.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Heart of Florida Davenport, FL · (863) 422-4971 HC MRI, LUMBAR SPINE COMBO | $6,390.59 | $6,390.59 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Lake Wales Lake Wales, FL · (863) 676-1433 HC MRI, LUMBAR SPINE COMBO | $18,799.04 | $18,799.04 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,214.80, median $6,390.59, highest $18,799.04 — a 8.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $6,390.59. 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.