Scans and imaging CPT 72156 West Virginia Outpatient

Neck MRI with contrast cost in West Virginia

In West Virginia, 20 hospitals publish a cash price for MRI of the neck (cervical spine) without and with contrast: from $910.00 to $6,028.05, with a median of $1,958.75. The lowest price is at Weirton Medical Center (Weirton). The highest price is 6.6× 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$910.00Weirton Medical Center
Median$1,958.75half pay less
Highest$6,028.05in West Virginia
Lowest saves$1,048.75vs the median

Hospitals in West Virginia, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
Weirton Medical Center lowest Weirton · Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST $910.00 $1,820.00 —
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Wheeling Hospital Wheeling · Wheeling, WV-OH MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST $1,314.50 $2,629.00 Jul 9, 2026
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Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway · Gassaway, WV MRI NECK SPINE W/O & W/DYE $1,445.50 $2,891.00 —
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Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg · Petersburg, WV MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST $1,512.80 $1,891.00 —
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Potomac Valley Hospital of WV Keyser · Cumberland, MD-WV MRI NECK SPINE W/O & W/DYE $1,524.00 $3,048.00 —
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Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville · Summersville, WV MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST $1,690.50 $3,381.00 —
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Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg · Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST $1,793.50 $3,587.00 —
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Community Health Association Ripley · Ripley, WV MRI NECK SPINE W/O & W/DYE $1,830.00 $3,660.00 —
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Jefferson Medical Center Ranson · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MRI NECK SPINE W/O & W/DYE $1,854.50 $3,709.00 —
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West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown · Morgantown, WV MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST $1,912.50 $3,825.00 —
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Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Parkersburg · Parkersburg-Vienna, WV MRI NECK SPINE W/O & W/DYE $2,005.00 $4,010.00 Jul 9, 2026
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United Hospital Center Bridgeport · Clarksburg, WV MRI NECK SPINE W/O & W/DYE $2,005.00 $4,010.00 Jul 10, 2026
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Sistersville General Hospital Sistersville · Sistersville, WV Mri Cervical Spine, W & W/O $2,155.37 $3,592.28 Apr 1, 2026
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Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale · Wheeling, WV-OH MRI NECK SPINE W/O & W/DYE $2,259.50 $4,519.00 —
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St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon Buckhannon · Buckhannon, WV MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST $2,415.50 $4,831.00 —
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Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville · New Martinsville, WV MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST $2,684.50 $5,369.00 —
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Princeton Community Hospital Assn Princeton · Bluefield, WV-VA MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST $2,757.00 $5,514.00 —
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Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association South Charleston · Charleston, WV MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST $2,848.00 $5,696.00 Jul 10, 2026
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St. Mary�s Medical Center Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MRI Spine Cervical w + wo IV Contrast $5,823.55 $5,823.55 —
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Cabell Huntington Hospital Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MRI Spine Cervical w + wo IV Contrast $6,028.05 $6,028.05 —
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By metro area

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

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 2 $5,823.55 $5,925.80
Wheeling, WV-OH 2 $1,314.50 $1,787.00
Buckhannon, WV 1 $2,415.50 $2,415.50
Bluefield, WV-VA 1 $2,757.00 $2,757.00
Charleston, WV 1 $2,848.00 $2,848.00
Clarksburg, WV 1 $2,005.00 $2,005.00
Cumberland, MD-WV 1 $1,524.00 $1,524.00
Gassaway, WV 1 $1,445.50 $1,445.50
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 1 $1,793.50 $1,793.50
Morgantown, WV 1 $1,912.50 $1,912.50
New Martinsville, WV 1 $2,684.50 $2,684.50
Petersburg, WV 1 $1,512.80 $1,512.80
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 1 $2,005.00 $2,005.00
Ripley, WV 1 $1,830.00 $1,830.00
Sistersville, WV 1 $2,155.37 $2,155.37
Summersville, WV 1 $1,690.50 $1,690.50
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1 $1,854.50 $1,854.50
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 1 $910.00 $910.00

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.