MRI lumbar spine w/contrast (CPT 72149)

72149 is the billing code hospitals use for this service. Prices below are each hospital's own posted facility charge.

Name shown as it appears in hospital billing files.

100 of 118 hospitals post a price for this code. Hospitals that don't post one are left out — we never guess a number.

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HospitalLocationCash priceGross chargeMedicare pays× Medicare
Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center Salida, CO $303.45 $357 $368.02 0.8×
Banner North Colorado Medical Center Greeley, CO $381.52 $1,334 $368.02 1.0×
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, CO $420.21 $1,334 $368.02 1.1×
Powell Valley Healthcare Powell, WY $434.27 $510.90 $356.43 1.2×
Sterling Regional MedCenter Sterling, CO $568.54 $2,170 $368.02 1.5×
East Morgan County Hospital Brush, CO $707.62 $1,176.50 $368.02 1.9×
Valley View Hospital Glenwood Springs, CO $752.25 $885 $368.02 2.0×
Washakie Medical Center Worland, WY $791.32 $1,176.50 $356.43 2.2×
Sheridan Memorial Hospital Sheridan, WY $932 $1,165 $356.43 2.6×
Banner Wyoming Medical Center Casper, WY $1,000.86 $2,383 $356.43 2.8×
South Big Horn County Hospital (Three Rivers Health) Basin, WY $1,050.60 $1,400.80 $356.43 2.9×
Denver Health Medical Center Denver, CO $1,072.43 $3,064.06 $368.02 2.9×
Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center Walsenburg, CO $1,093.50 $1,215 $368.02 3.0×
Rangely District Hospital Rangely, CO $1,219 $1,875.40 $368.02 3.3×
Prowers Medical Center Lamar, CO $1,316.40 $2,194 $368.02 3.6×
Family Health West Hospital Fruita, CO $1,320.20 $1,886 $368.02 3.6×
Wray Community District Hospital Wray, CO $1,320.38 $1,760.50 $368.02 3.6×
Vail Health Hospital Vail, CO $1,347.75 $1,797 $368.02 3.7×
South Lincoln Medical Center Kemmerer, WY $1,449.84 $1,933.12 $356.43 4.1×
Memorial Hospital of Carbon County Rawlins, WY $1,458 $1,944 $356.43 4.1×
William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital (UT Southwestern) Dallas, TX $1,466 $2,932 $350.46 4.2×
Platte County Hospital Wheatland, WY $1,469.09 $2,170 $356.43 4.1×
Memorial Hospital at Craig Craig, CO $1,487.68 $2,288.74 $368.02 4.0×
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center Steamboat Springs, CO $1,533.60 $1,704 $368.02 4.2×
Community Hospital, Torrington (Banner Health) Torrington, WY $1,534.19 $2,170 $356.43 4.3×
Star Valley Medical Center Afton, WY $1,534.40 $2,192 $356.43 4.3×
Southwest Memorial Hospital Cortez, CO $1,583 $3,165 $368.02 4.3×
Gunnison Valley Hospital Gunnison, CO $1,712.32 $2,014.50 $368.02 4.7×
National Jewish Health Denver, CO $1,729 $2,470 $368.02 4.7×
St. Thomas More Hospital Canon City, CO $1,775.74 $4,439.35 $368.02 4.8×
Montrose Regional Health Montrose, CO $1,860 $2,480 $368.02 5.1×
Estes Park Medical Center Estes Park, CO $1,950.75 $2,601 $368.02 5.3×
Johnson County Healthcare Center Buffalo, WY $1,999.50 $1,999.50 $356.43 5.6×
Delta County Memorial Hospital Delta, CO $2,010.45 $3,350.75 $368.02 5.5×
Baylor University Medical Center (Baylor Scott & White) Dallas, TX $2,019.98 $3,366.63 $350.46 5.8×
UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central Colorado Springs, CO $2,043.45 $4,541 $368.02 5.6×
Grand River Medical Center Rifle, CO $2,089.50 $4,179 $368.02 5.7×
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Thermopolis, WY $2,113.50 $2,113.50 $356.43 5.9×
Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center La Junta, CO $2,119 $3,532 $368.02 5.8×
Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital Burlington, CO $2,125 $2,500 $368.02 5.8×
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital Highlands Ranch, CO $2,140.50 $7,135 $368.02 5.8×
UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital Woodland Park, CO $2,240.80 $2,801 $368.02 6.1×
Campbell County Health Gillette, WY $2,255.40 $2,506 $356.43 6.3×
UCHealth Greeley Hospital Greeley, CO $2,349.60 $3,916 $368.02 6.4×
Parkview Medical Center Pueblo, CO $2,377.60 $5,944 $368.02 6.5×
Rio Grande Hospital Del Norte, CO $2,400.96 $3,201.28 $368.02 6.5×
Longs Peak Hospital Longmont, CO $2,497.25 $7,135 $372.11 6.7×
UCHealth Broomfield Hospital Broomfield, CO $2,497.25 $7,135 $368.02 6.8×
UCHealth Grandview Hospital Colorado Springs, CO $2,497.25 $7,135 $368.02 6.8×
Keefe Memorial Hospital Cheyenne Wells, CO $2,503.20 $3,576 $368.02 6.8×
Foothills Hospital Boulder, CO $2,542.50 $5,085 $372.11 6.8×
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth (Texas Health Resources) Fort Worth, TX $2,612.85 $4,354.75 $350.46 7.5×
Memorial Hospital of Converse County Douglas, WY $2,661.90 $4,670 $356.43 7.5×
St. Mary-Corwin Hospital Pueblo, CO $2,662.38 $6,655.95 $368.02 7.2×
Poudre Valley Hospital Fort Collins, CO $2,741.20 $3,916 $368.02 7.4×
Medical Center of the Rockies Loveland, CO $2,741.20 $3,916 $368.02 7.4×
St. Anthony Summit Medical Center Frisco, CO $2,742.54 $6,856.33 $368.02 7.5×
Community Hospital Grand Junction Grand Junction, CO $2,805.04 $5,009 $368.02 7.6×
Middle Park Medical Center Kremmling, CO $2,970.28 $3,712.84 $368.02 8.1×
St. John's Medical Center Jackson, WY $3,000 $3,000 $356.43 8.4×
Weston County Health Services Newcastle, WY $3,014 $3,014 $356.43 8.5×
Mercy Hospital Durango Durango, CO $3,033.02 $7,582.53 $368.02 8.2×
St. Elizabeth Hospital Fort Morgan, CO $3,072.90 $7,682.24 $368.02 8.3×
Longmont United Hospital Longmont, CO $3,078.86 $7,697.15 $372.11 8.3×
St. Anthony Hospital Lakewood, CO $3,078.86 $7,697.15 $368.02 8.4×
Penrose Hospital Colorado Springs, CO $3,078.86 $7,697.15 $368.02 8.4×
St. Anthony North Health Campus Westminster, CO $3,078.86 $7,697.15 $368.02 8.4×
OrthoColorado Hospital Lakewood, CO $3,078.86 $7,697.15 $368.02 8.4×
St. Francis Hospital Interquest Colorado Springs, CO $3,078.86 $7,697.15 $368.02 8.4×
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital Aurora, CO $3,117.80 $8,908 $368.02 8.5×
Evanston Regional Hospital Evanston, WY $3,173.32 $5,288.86 $356.43 8.9×
Ivinson Memorial Hospital Laramie, WY $3,250 $3,250 $356.43 9.1×
Sedgwick County Memorial Hospital Julesburg, CO $3,403 $3,403 $368.02 9.2×
Sublette County Health Pinedale, WY $3,499.20 $3,888 $356.43 9.8×
Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas, TX $3,558.80 $8,897 $350.46 10.2×
Regional West Medical Center Scottsbluff, NE $3,566.40 $5,944 $362.27 9.8×
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center Cheyenne, WY $3,606.39 $5,151.98 $356.43 10.1×
Melissa Memorial Hospital Holyoke, CO $3,980 $4,975 $368.02 10.8×
AdventHealth Porter Denver, CO $4,031.04 $4,031.04 $368.02 11.0×
AdventHealth Avista Louisville, CO $4,031.04 $4,031.04 $372.11 10.8×
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton, CO $4,031.04 $4,031.04 $368.02 11.0×
AdventHealth Parker Parker, CO $4,031.04 $4,031.04 $368.02 11.0×
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO $4,031.04 $4,031.04 $368.02 11.0×
Aspen Valley Hospital Aspen, CO $4,149 $4,149 $368.02 11.3×
Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County Rock Springs, WY $4,753 $4,753 $356.43‡ 13.3×
Animas Surgical Hospital Durango, CO $5,077 $5,077 $368.02 13.8×
Medical City Dallas Dallas, TX $7,603.60 $7,603.60 $350.46 21.7×
HCA HealthOne Aurora Medical Center Aurora, CO $11,207.29 $11,207.29 $368.02 30.5×
HCA HealthOne Mountain Ridge Thornton, CO $13,733.71 $13,733.71 $368.02 37.3×
HCA HealthOne Rose Medical Center Denver, CO $14,822 $14,822 $368.02 40.3×
HCA HealthOne Swedish Medical Center Englewood, CO $16,937.78 $16,937.78 $368.02 46.0×
HCA HealthOne Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center Denver, CO $18,119.75 $18,119.75 $368.02 49.2×
HCA HealthOne Sky Ridge Medical Center Lone Tree, CO $21,645.25 $21,645.25 $368.02 58.8×
Pioneers Medical Center Meeker, CO $1,456 $368.02
Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital Grand Junction, CO $3,240.95 $368.02
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital Brighton, CO $3,359.55 $368.02
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital Golden, CO $3,391.85 $368.02
Intermountain Health St. Joseph Hospital Denver, CO $3,391.85 $368.02
Intermountain Health Good Samaritan Hospital Lafayette, CO $3,391.85 $372.11
Aspen Mountain Medical Center Rock Springs, WY $4,467.25 $356.43

"Medicare pays" is the facility (technical) rate, matching the posted facility charge; the doctor's separate professional fee is excluded throughout. "—" means Medicare has no comparable facility rate.

‡ Price taken from the hospital's inpatient list — no outpatient price posted.