Scans and imaging CPT 72156 Maryland Outpatient

Neck MRI with contrast cost in Maryland

In Maryland, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for MRI of the neck (cervical spine) without and with contrast: from $436.20 to $958.55, with a median of $826.38. The lowest price is at UPMC Western Maryland (Cumberland). The highest price is 2.2× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 72156. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$436.20UPMC Western Maryland
Median$826.38half pay less
Highest$958.55in Maryland
Lowest saves$390.18vs the median

Hospitals in Maryland, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
UPMC Western Maryland lowest Cumberland · Cumberland, MD-WV MRI C-SPINE, W & W/O CONTRAST $436.20 $727.00 —
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Mercy Medical Center Baltimore · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD HC MRI, CERV SPINE COMBO $711.61 $726.13 —
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TidalHealth Peninsula Salisbury · Salisbury, MD HC MRI-C SPINE W/WO CONTRAST $826.38 $843.24 —
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Atlantic General Hospital Berlin · Ocean Pines, MD Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, spinal canal and contents, without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sequences; cervical $956.12 $956.12 —
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center Towson · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD HC MRI-Cervical Spine Pre/Post $958.55 $978.11 —
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By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 2 $711.61 $835.08
Cumberland, MD-WV 1 $436.20 $436.20
Ocean Pines, MD 1 $956.12 $956.12
Salisbury, MD 1 $826.38 $826.38

What it is

This MRI of the cervical spine is done without and then with contrast dye. Contrast helps after spine surgery and with tumors, infections and multiple sclerosis.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan and the contrast dye. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.

MRI of the neck (cervical spine) without and with contrast in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.