Lower back MRI with contrast cost in Elizabethtown, NC
In Elizabethtown, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the lower back, without and then with contrast dye: from $4,239.00 to $4,239.00, with a median of $4,239.00. Across North Carolina, the median is $2,936.00 at 57 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72158, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital Elizabethtown, NC · (910) 862-5100 MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $4,239.00 | $7,065.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $4,239.00, median $4,239.00, highest $4,239.00.
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.