Scans and imaging CPT 72156 West Virginia Outpatient

Neck MRI with contrast cost in West Virginia

In West Virginia, 34 hospitals publish a cash price for MRI of the neck (cervical spine) without and with contrast: from $910.00 to $10,711.00, with a median of $1,883.50. The lowest price is at Weirton Medical Center (Weirton). The highest price is 11.8× the lowest.

  • The median here, $1,883.50, is 30% below the US median of $2,691.66.
  • That is 5.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
  • West Virginia ranks 12th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 3 of 34 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

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 Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$910.00Weirton Medical Center
Median$1,883.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$10,711.00in West Virginia
Lowest saves$973.50vs the median

Hospitals in West Virginia, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList 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 Jul 10, 2026
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Stonewall Jackson Hospital Weston · Weston, WV MRI Spine Cervical w/ + w/o Contrast $1,059.02 $2,118.03 May 19, 2026
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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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Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital White Hall · Fairmont, WV Magnetic Resonance Imaging Exam $1,351.73 $2,703.45 Apr 21, 2026
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Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown · Morgantown, WV Magnetic Resonance Imaging Exam $1,351.73 $2,703.45 Apr 10, 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 Jul 11, 2026
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Rivers Health Point Pleasant · Point Pleasant, WV MRI CERV SPINE WW/O CON $1,494.34 $4,669.82 Nov 22, 2025
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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 Jul 12, 2026
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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 Jul 10, 2026
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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 Jul 10, 2026
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Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery · Beckley, WV MRI CERVICAL (C&S) $1,712.05 $2,282.74 Feb 17, 2026
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Jackson General Hospital Ripley · Ripley, WV MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST $1,742.50 $3,485.00 Jul 11, 2026
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Raleigh General Hospital Beckley · Beckley, WV Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, spinal canal and contents, without contrast material, followed by contrast material(s) and further sequences; cervical $1,746.81 $4,367.03 Jul 10, 2026
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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 Jul 9, 2026
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Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye · Buckeye, WV MRI CERVICAL WWO CON $1,802.50 $2,575.00 Nov 13, 2025
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Boone Memorial Hospital Madison · Charleston, WV MRI C-SPINE W WO CONTRAST,Technical Component $1,812.50 $3,625.00 Apr 7, 2026
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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 Jul 12, 2026
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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 Jul 10, 2026
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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 Jul 9, 2026
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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 Jul 10, 2026
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Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi · Philippi, WV MRI-CERVICAL SPINE W/O FOLL BY $2,657.11 $3,795.86 Jul 31, 2026
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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 Jul 10, 2026
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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 Jul 10, 2026
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Thomas Memorial Hospital 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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Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood · Morgantown, WV MRI CSPINE W W/O CONT $3,192.50 $6,385.00 May 21, 2026
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Roane General Hospital Spencer · Spencer, WV Mri neck spine w/o & w/dye $3,822.15 $6,370.25 Nov 2, 2026
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Summers County Arh Hospital Hinton · Hinton, WV MR C-SPINE W/WO CONTRAST $4,568.40 $7,614.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Beckley Arh Hospital Beckley · Beckley, WV MR C-SPINE W/WO CONTRAST $4,926.60 $8,211.00 Jan 1, 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 Jan 1, 2026
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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 Jan 1, 2026
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St Marys Medical Center Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MRI CERVICAL SPINE WO/W CONT $10,711.00 $10,711.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

By metro area

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

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Beckley, WV 3 $1,712.05 $1,746.81
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 3 $5,823.55 $6,028.05
Morgantown, WV 3 $1,351.73 $1,912.50
Charleston, WV 2 $1,812.50 $2,330.25
Wheeling, WV-OH 2 $1,314.50 $1,787.00
Buckeye, WV 1 $1,802.50 $1,802.50
Buckhannon, WV 1 $2,415.50 $2,415.50
Bluefield, WV-VA 1 $2,757.00 $2,757.00
Clarksburg, WV 1 $2,005.00 $2,005.00
Cumberland, MD-WV 1 $1,524.00 $1,524.00
Fairmont, WV 1 $1,351.73 $1,351.73
Gassaway, WV 1 $1,445.50 $1,445.50
Hinton, WV 1 $4,568.40 $4,568.40
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 1 $1,793.50 $1,793.50
New Martinsville, WV 1 $2,684.50 $2,684.50
Petersburg, WV 1 $1,512.80 $1,512.80
Philippi, WV 1 $2,657.11 $2,657.11
Point Pleasant, WV 1 $1,494.34 $1,494.34
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 1 $2,005.00 $2,005.00
Ripley, WV 1 $1,742.50 $1,742.50
Sistersville, WV 1 $2,155.37 $2,155.37
Spencer, WV 1 $3,822.15 $3,822.15
Summersville, WV 1 $1,690.50 $1,690.50
Weston, WV 1 $1,059.02 $1,059.02
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1 $1,854.50 $1,854.50
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 1 $910.00 $910.00
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What neck MRI with contrast is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Neck MRI with contrast explained.

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

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.