Itemized  ·  Hospitals  ·  St. Mary Medical Center  ·  Lumbar spine MRI without contrast

Lumbar spine MRI without contrast at St. Mary Medical Center.

📍 Long Beach, CA 4/5 CMS rating CPT 72148
Cash-pay price
$1,653
St. Mary Medical Center is significantly cheaper than median (-32%) for lumbar spine mri without contrast.
Chargemaster (gross): $3,845

Insurance rates.

Each row is the range of rates St. Mary Medical Center negotiated with that payer's plans. Your specific rate depends on your plan.

PayerRange
Aetna$2,230
Anthem BCBS$1,827 – $4,227
Kaiser Permanente$2,692
UnitedHealthcare$518
Cigna$1,922
Medicare$267 – $3,845
Medicaid$240 – $1,334

See St. Mary Medical Center vs. nearby hospitals.

Open the comparison filtered to lumbar spine mri without contrast. Add your insurance, your zip, see exactly what you'd pay.

Compare prices →

Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025 · 520 completed surveys.

Measure This hospital Network avg Δ
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 2.8/5 -0.8
Would definitely recommend 63% 69.6% -7pp
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 64% 68.6% -5pp
Nurses always communicated well 73% 75.6% -3pp
Doctors always communicated well 72% 76.6% -5pp
Given clear info about recovery 83% 84.4% -1pp
Room and bathroom always clean 73% 68.6% +4pp
Staff always explained meds 59% 57.6% +1pp
Quiet at night, always 47% 52.2% -5pp

About this price.

This price comes directly from St. Mary Medical Center's machine-readable file (MRF), which the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50) requires every US hospital to publish. We download it, parse the row for CPT 72148, and show you the dollar amount as published.

The cash-pay number is what an uninsured patient would be charged. Insurance-negotiated rates vary by payer and plan — see the table above for the range, or use the comparison tool for plan-specific numbers.

For a national view of lumbar spine mri without contrast prices, see the Lumbar spine MRI without contrast overview.