Lower back MRI with contrast cost in Niles, MI
In Niles, MI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the lower back, without and then with contrast dye: from $3,412.00 to $3,412.00, with a median of $3,412.00. The lowest listed price is at Lakeland Hospital, St Joseph and 1 other hospital. Across Michigan, the median is $2,638.00 at 57 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 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Niles, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Hospital, St Joseph lowest St Joseph, MI · (269) 983-8300 Hc Mri Lumbar Spine Wo & With Contrast | $3,412.00 | $3,412.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital lowest Watervliet, MI · (269) 463-3111 Hc Mri Lumbar Spine Wo & With Contrast | $3,412.00 | $3,412.00 | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $3,412.00, median $3,412.00, highest $3,412.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $3,412.00. 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.