Lower back MRI with contrast cost in Napa, CA
In Napa, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the lower back, without and then with contrast dye: from $2,771.85 to $2,771.85, with a median of $2,771.85. Across California, the median is $3,783.24 at 100 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Napa, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center lowest Napa, CA · (707) 252-4411 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE | $2,771.85 | $5,435.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center Napa, CA · (707) 252-4411 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE | $13,848.54 | $27,154.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,771.85, median $2,771.85, highest $2,771.85.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $13,848.54. 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.