Lower back MRI with contrast cost in Lubbock, TX
In Lubbock, TX, 6 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the lower back, without and then with contrast dye: from $1,156.68 to $7,894.00, with a median of $2,010.75. The lowest listed price is at Covenant Medical Center and 1 other hospital — $854.07 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $3,196.33 at 99 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 2 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 Lubbock, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Medical Center lowest Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE LIMITED | $1,156.68 | $2,754.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Children's Hospital lowest Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE LIMITED | $1,156.68 | $2,754.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE | $1,240.68 | $2,954.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE | $1,240.68 | $2,954.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lubbock Heritage Hospital Lubbock, TX HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE | $1,954.68 | $4,654.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE | $2,066.82 | $4,921.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE LIMITED | $6,104.70 | $14,535.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Long-Term Care Lubbock, TX HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE LIMITED | $6,104.70 | $14,535.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE LIMITED | $6,104.70 | $14,535.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Long-Term Care Lubbock, TX HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE | $7,386.54 | $17,587.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE | $7,386.54 | $17,587.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE | $7,386.54 | $17,587.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Mri, Lumbar Spine Combo - Mri Lumbar Spine W Wo Contrast | $7,894.00 | $7,894.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,156.68, median $2,010.75, highest $7,894.00 — a 6.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $6,104.70. 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.