Lumbar spine CT cost in New York
In New York, 61 hospitals publish a cash price for CT scan of the lower back (lumbar spine) without contrast: from $124.09 to $4,252.00, with a median of $538.40. The lowest price is at Highland Hospital (Rochester) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 34.3× the lowest.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 72131. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 24, 2026.
Lowest$124.09Highland Hospital + 1 more
Median$538.40half pay less
Highest$4,252.00in New York
Lowest saves$414.31vs the median
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Hospital lowest Rochester · Rochester, NY Ct lumbar spine w/o dye | $124.09 | — | — source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital lowest Rochester · Rochester, NY Ct lumbar spine w/o dye | $124.09 | — | — source file |
| Bellevue Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WITHOUT DYE | $125.84 | $1,100.17 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WITHOUT DYE | $125.84 | $1,537.55 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WITHOUT DYE | $125.84 | $1,537.55 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WITHOUT DYE | $125.84 | $1,100.17 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WITHOUT DYE | $125.84 | $1,100.17 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WITHOUT DYE | $125.84 | $1,537.55 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CT THORACIC SPINE W/O CNTRAST | $130.00 | $130.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY CHG CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL | $139.00 | $139.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell · Corning, NY CHG CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL | $145.50 | $244.00 | — source file |
| St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL | $152.97 | $562.98 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville · Rochester, NY HB CT Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast Material | $158.00 | — | — source file |
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville · Wellsville, NY HB CT Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast Material | $202.00 | — | — source file |
| Schuyler Hospital Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC CT Scan,Lumbar Spine,W/O Contrast - CT Lumbar Spine WO Contra | $249.27 | $1,246.35 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CT Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast Material|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $295.00 | $295.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CT Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast Material|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $295.00 | $295.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua · Rochester, NY HB CT Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast Material | $304.00 | — | — source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC CT Scan,Lumbar Spine,W/O Contrast - CT Lumbar Spine WO Contra | $306.60 | $1,533.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE | $371.63 | — | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE | $445.00 | $445.00 | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE | $445.00 | $445.00 | — source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE | $448.07 | $640.09 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester · Rochester, NY HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WO CONTRAST | $489.02 | $611.28 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs · Rochester, NY HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WO CONTRAST | $499.36 | $768.24 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY CT LUMBAR SPINE WO CON | $507.00 | $845.00 | — source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark · Rochester, NY HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WO CONTRAST | $520.31 | $800.48 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WO CONTRAST | $520.31 | $800.48 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira · Elmira, NY HC CT Scan,Lumbar Spine,W/O Contrast - CT Lumbar Spine WO Contra | $538.40 | $2,692.01 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath · Corning, NY HC CT Scan,Lumbar Spine,W/O Contrast - CT Lumbar Spine WO Contra | $538.40 | $2,692.01 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus Elmira · Elmira, NY HC CT Scan,Lumbar Spine,W/O Contrast - CT Lumbar Spine WO Contra | $538.40 | $2,692.01 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY CT Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast Material | $540.19 | $540.19 | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY CT Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast Material | $540.19 | $540.19 | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY CT Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast Material | $540.19 | $540.19 | — source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE | $727.32 | $3,828.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE | $757.32 | $3,985.88 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE | $757.32 | $3,985.88 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE | $757.32 | $3,985.88 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center Batavia · Batavia, NY HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WO CONTRAST | $833.95 | $1,283.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WO CNTRST | $902.46 | $1,157.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Ct Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast | $1,023.75 | $1,023.75 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse · Syracuse, NY HC CT Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast | $1,137.50 | $1,750.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse · Syracuse, NY 72131 CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL_01 | $1,175.00 | $1,175.00 | — source file |
| Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WO CONTRAST | $1,199.23 | $1,844.97 | — source file |
| Slhs Massena Massena · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WO CONTRAST | $1,386.34 | $2,132.83 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC CT LUMBAR SPINE WO CONTRAST | $1,410.27 | $2,169.64 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT Lumbar Spine WO Contrast | $1,530.00 | $1,700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT Lumbar Spine WO Contrast | $1,530.00 | $1,700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT Lumbar Spine WO Contrast | $1,530.00 | $1,700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT Lumbar Spine WO Contrast | $1,530.00 | $1,700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CT Lumbar Spine WO Contrast | $1,530.00 | $1,700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY CT L-Spine W/O Contrast | $1,927.95 | $2,409.94 | — source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC CT Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast | $2,067.00 | $3,180.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Peters Hospital Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC CT Lumbar Spine W/O Contrast | $2,067.00 | $3,180.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone · Malone, NY HC - CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL | $2,254.00 | $2,254.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE | $2,448.85 | $2,881.00 | — source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CT SCAN OF LOWER SPINE WITHOUT CONTRAST | $2,505.53 | $2,505.53 | — source file |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CT SCAN OF LOWER SPINE WITHOUT CONTRAST | $2,540.74 | $2,540.74 | — source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CT SCAN OF LOWER SPINE WITHOUT CONTRAST | $2,541.00 | $2,541.00 | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY CT L-Spine W/O Contrast | $3,410.37 | $4,262.96 | — source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY HC - CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL | $4,252.00 | $4,252.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 26 | $125.84 | $587.70 |
| Rochester, NY | 8 | $124.09 | $396.51 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 5 | $371.63 | $540.19 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $145.50 | $538.40 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 3 | $1,199.23 | $1,386.34 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 2 | $2,067.00 | $2,067.00 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $538.40 | $538.40 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 2 | $507.00 | $704.73 |
| Syracuse, NY | 2 | $1,137.50 | $1,156.25 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $833.95 | $833.95 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $1,927.95 | $1,927.95 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $139.00 | $139.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $306.60 | $306.60 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $2,254.00 | $2,254.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $249.27 | $249.27 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $4,252.00 | $4,252.00 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $202.00 | $202.00 |
What it is
This CT scan shows the bones of the lower back in detail. It is used after injuries and when an MRI is not possible.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the scan. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.
CT scan of the lower back (lumbar spine) without contrast in other states
- Alabama$2,078.99
- Alaska$1,773.72
- Arizona$593.58
- Arkansas$1,167.88
- California$2,860.00
- Colorado$995.82
- Connecticut$881.93
- Delaware$2,301.41
- Florida$2,797.86
- Georgia$1,578.10
- Hawaii$1,389.00
- Idaho$819.00
- Illinois$1,649.40
- Indiana$1,018.10
- Iowa$1,414.80
- Kansas$1,321.25
- Kentucky$3,438.88
- Louisiana$763.56
- Maine$1,017.05
- Maryland$199.38
- Massachusetts$957.15
- Michigan$898.93
- Minnesota$912.46
- Mississippi$810.92
- Missouri$1,379.95
- Montana$1,421.42
- Nebraska$1,177.50
- Nevada$2,171.00
- New Hampshire$1,198.71
- New Jersey$174.95
- New Mexico$1,943.66
- North Carolina$1,504.05
- North Dakota$1,155.36
- Ohio$1,016.70
- Oklahoma$1,010.42
- Oregon$1,215.58
- Pennsylvania$900.00
- Puerto Rico$267.50
- Rhode Island$1,218.00
- South Carolina$1,282.45
- South Dakota$2,360.40
- Tennessee$598.42
- Texas$1,753.76
- Utah$1,633.76
- Vermont$2,041.03
- Virginia$1,447.80
- Washington$1,271.25
- West Virginia$862.00
- Wisconsin$1,088.02
- Wyoming$1,875.60
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.