Lower back MRI with contrast cost in Ripley, WV
In Ripley, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the lower back, without and then with contrast dye: from $1,932.50 to $1,932.50, with a median of $1,932.50. Across West Virginia, the median is $1,949.50 at 17 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 — and —.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Association Ripley, WV · (304) 372-2731 MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $1,932.50 | $3,865.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,932.50, median $1,932.50, highest $1,932.50.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72158 ($2,556.09). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Community Health Association Ripley, WVMRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE | $112.50 | file |