Lower back MRI with contrast cost in Plainview, TX
In Plainview, TX, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the lower back, without and then with contrast dye: from $2,310.84 to $2,310.84, with a median of $2,310.84. Across Texas, the median is $3,196.33 at 99 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 Plainview, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Hospital Plainview lowest Plainview, TX · (806) 296-5531 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE LIMITED | $2,310.84 | $5,502.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Hospital Plainview Plainview, TX · (806) 296-5531 HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE | $2,559.48 | $6,094.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,310.84, median $2,310.84, highest $2,310.84.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,310.84. 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.