MRI, lower back (no contrast)
Facility: Excela Health - Frick Hospital
Billing Code: 72148 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 PA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA 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 $287 (about 1.2× the $244 Medicare rate). Excela Health - Frick Hospital charges insurers about $288, or about $1,178 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Mount Pleasant, PA.
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 | $254 - $621 | 104% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $227 - $538 | 93% |
| Aetnamajor | $251 - $561 | 103% |
| Cignamajor | $256 - $538 | 105% |
| Humanamajor | $254 | 104% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $305 | 125% |
| AmeriHealth | $256 - $333 | 105% |
| Devoted Health | $256 | 105% |
| Geisinger | $256 - $307 | 105% |
| HealthPartners | $251 - $307 | 103% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $263 - $1,531 | 108% |
| + 10 smaller / regional plans | $244 - $1,571 |
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Other Procedures at Excela Health - Frick Hospital
Compare: MRI, lower back (no contrast) at other PA hospitals
- Penn Highlands Connellsville · Connellsville $122
- Heritage Valley Beaver · Beaver $186
- Heritage Valley Sewickley · Sewickley $186
- Allegheny Valley Hospital · Natrona $194
- Allegheny General Hospital · Pittsburgh $194
- Canonsburg General Hospital · Canonsburg $194
- Jefferson Hospital · Jefferson Hills $200
- Grove City Medical Center · Grove City $200
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.