MRI, lower back (no contrast)
Facility: Garfield Medical Center
Billing Code: 72148 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.
A fair price for a MRI, lower back (no contrast) is about $347 (about 1.4× the $244 Medicare rate). Garfield Medical Center charges insurers about $353, or about $7,612 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Monterey Park, CA.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $302 - $2,900 | 124% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $58 - $5,316 | 24% |
| Aetnamajor | $302 - $2,640 | 124% |
| Cignamajor | $1,774 | 728% |
| Humanamajor | $302 | 124% |
| Health Net | $186 - $5,846 | 76% |
| Molina | $317 - $478 | 130% |
| Presbyterian | $826 | 339% |
| Sentara | $1,214 | 498% |
| + 41 smaller / regional plans | $138 - $7,612 |
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Other Procedures at Garfield Medical Center
Compare: MRI, lower back (no contrast) at other CA hospitals
- Saint Agnes Medical Center · Fresno $60
- Mayers Memorial Hospital · Fall River Mills $71
- Adventist Health Vallejo · Vallejo $93
- Adventist Health Howard Memorial · Willits $104
- Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA · Los Angeles $133
- Adventist Health Mendocino Coast · Fort Bragg $135
- Kern Medical Center · Bakersfield $176
- Banner Lassen Medical Center · Susanville $178
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.