MRI, lower back (no contrast)
Facility: Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Billing Code: 72148 (CPT)
A typical price — 4 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 DE hospitals compared.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 DE 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). Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware charges insurers about $330, or about $1,482 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Wilmington, DE.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 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 | $544 - $925 | 223% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $459 - $1,309 | 188% |
| Aetnamajor | $629 - $860 | 258% |
| Cignamajor | $815 - $934 | 334% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $845 | 347% |
| AmeriHealth | $454 - $845 | 186% |
| Fidelis Care | $593 | 243% |
| Geisinger | $889 | 365% |
| HealthPartners | $575 | 236% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $587 | 241% |
| + 14 smaller / regional plans | $76 - $1,482 |
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Other Procedures at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Compare: MRI, lower back (no contrast) at other DE hospitals
- PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Dover · Dover $188
- PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Georgetown · Georgetown $188
- Christiana Hospital · Newark $322
- Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus · Milford $325
- Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus · Dover $335
- Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc. · Seaford $648
- St Francis Hospital · Wilmington $816
- Beebe Medical Center · Lewes $837
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.