Lower back MRI with contrast cost in West Virginia
In West Virginia, 17 hospitals publish a cash price for MRI of the lower back, without and then with contrast dye: from $910.00 to $6,028.05, with a median of $1,949.50. 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 72158. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.
Lowest$910.00Weirton Medical Center
Median$1,949.50half pay less
Highest$6,028.05in West Virginia
Lowest saves$1,039.50vs the median
Hospitals in West Virginia, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weirton Medical Center lowest Weirton · Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $910.00 | $1,820.00 | — source file |
| Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg · Petersburg, WV MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $1,512.80 | $1,891.00 | — source file |
| Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville · Summersville, WV MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $1,690.50 | $3,381.00 | — source file |
| Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg · Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $1,713.50 | $3,427.00 | — source file |
| Wheeling Hospital Wheeling · Wheeling, WV-OH MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $1,849.00 | $3,698.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Parkersburg · Parkersburg-Vienna, WV MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE | $1,886.00 | $3,772.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| United Hospital Center Bridgeport · Clarksburg, WV MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O & W/DYE | $1,886.00 | $3,772.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Community Health Association Ripley · Ripley, WV MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $1,932.50 | $3,865.00 | — source file |
| West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown · Morgantown, WV MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $1,949.50 | $3,899.00 | — source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon Buckhannon · Buckhannon, WV MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $1,971.50 | $3,943.00 | — source file |
| Sistersville General Hospital Sistersville · Sistersville, WV Mri Lumbar Spine, W & W/O | $2,124.36 | $3,540.60 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale · Wheeling, WV-OH MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $2,194.50 | $4,389.00 | — source file |
| Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville · New Martinsville, WV MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $2,688.00 | $5,376.00 | — source file |
| Princeton Community Hospital Assn Princeton · Bluefield, WV-VA MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $2,783.50 | $5,567.00 | — source file |
| Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association South Charleston · Charleston, WV MRI SCAN OF LOWER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $2,875.50 | $5,751.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| St. Mary's Medical Center Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MRI Spine Lumbar w + wo IV Contrast | $3,623.36 | $3,623.36 | — source file |
| Cabell Huntington Hospital Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MRI Spine Lumbar w + wo IV Contrast | $6,028.05 | $6,028.05 | — source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 2 | $3,623.36 | $4,825.70 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 2 | $1,849.00 | $2,021.75 |
| Buckhannon, WV | 1 | $1,971.50 | $1,971.50 |
| Bluefield, WV-VA | 1 | $2,783.50 | $2,783.50 |
| Charleston, WV | 1 | $2,875.50 | $2,875.50 |
| Clarksburg, WV | 1 | $1,886.00 | $1,886.00 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 1 | $1,713.50 | $1,713.50 |
| Morgantown, WV | 1 | $1,949.50 | $1,949.50 |
| New Martinsville, WV | 1 | $2,688.00 | $2,688.00 |
| Petersburg, WV | 1 | $1,512.80 | $1,512.80 |
| Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 1 | $1,886.00 | $1,886.00 |
| Ripley, WV | 1 | $1,932.50 | $1,932.50 |
| Sistersville, WV | 1 | $2,124.36 | $2,124.36 |
| Summersville, WV | 1 | $1,690.50 | $1,690.50 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 1 | $910.00 | $910.00 |
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.
MRI of the lower back, without and then with contrast dye in other states
- Alabama$3,949.76
- Alaska$3,428.10
- Arizona$1,098.94
- Arkansas$902.85
- California$3,783.24
- Colorado$1,512.80
- Connecticut$2,411.27
- Delaware$3,788.10
- Florida$3,659.37
- Georgia$2,370.03
- Hawaii$2,037.60
- Idaho$2,263.00
- Illinois$2,767.50
- Indiana$1,527.41
- Iowa$2,413.35
- Kansas$3,053.70
- Kentucky$4,317.77
- Louisiana$1,252.26
- Maine$2,591.25
- Maryland$826.38
- Massachusetts$3,158.25
- Michigan$2,638.00
- Minnesota$1,861.38
- Mississippi$1,753.29
- Missouri$2,496.33
- Montana$2,787.34
- Nebraska$1,966.02
- Nevada$2,926.43
- New Hampshire$2,814.63
- New Jersey$476.54
- New Mexico$2,105.08
- New York$1,557.00
- North Carolina$2,656.05
- North Dakota$2,884.67
- Ohio$2,123.55
- Oklahoma$1,537.48
- Oregon$2,757.88
- Pennsylvania$2,915.10
- Puerto Rico$985.00
- Rhode Island$1,823.70
- South Carolina$2,265.90
- South Dakota$4,207.60
- Tennessee$953.70
- Texas$3,196.33
- Utah$2,845.91
- Vermont$3,957.52
- Virginia$3,315.50
- Washington$3,206.98
- Wisconsin$2,700.06
- Wyoming$1,841.03
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.