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Lumbar spine MRI without contrast with Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Negotiated rates Blue Cross Blue Shield pays for lumbar spine mri without contrast at 89 US hospitals. Range: $11 to $4,742. Your specific cost depends on your plan tier, deductible status, and coinsurance — see the comparison tool to model your exact out-of-pocket.

Top hospitals by Blue Cross Blue Shield rate.

#	Hospital	Blue Cross Blue Shield rate
1	Adventist Health Glendale Glendale, CA	$11 – $3,661
2	Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY	$16 – $200
3	Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY	$76 – $201
4	Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello Montebello, CA	$85 – $2,795
5	UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	$94 – $2,647
6	Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI	$100 – $111
7	Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI	$100 – $111
8	Dell Seton Medical Center at UT Austin Austin, TX	$199 – $1,042
9	Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin Austin, TX	$199 – $1,042
10	Dell Children's Medical Center Austin, TX	$199 – $1,042
11	Ascension Seton Northwest Hospital Austin, TX	$199 – $1,042
12	St. David's Medical Center Austin, TX	$207 – $1,735
13	St. David's North Austin Medical Center Austin, TX	$207 – $1,839
14	St. David's Round Rock Medical Center Round Rock, TX	$207 – $3,073
15	Heart Hospital of Austin Austin, TX	$207 – $1,735
16	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego San Diego, CA	$211 – $572
17	Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL	$234 – $4,082
18	Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla La Jolla, CA	$241 – $572
19	Corewell Health Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI	$243
20	Corewell Health Farmington Hills Farmington Hills, MI	$243
21	Corewell Health Troy Troy, MI	$277
22	Corewell Health Dearborn Dearborn, MI	$279
23	Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Houston, TX	$280 – $1,016
24	San Gabriel Valley Medical Center San Gabriel, CA	$302 – $5,316
25	Garfield Medical Center Monterey Park, CA	$302 – $5,316
26	Greater El Monte Community Hospital South El Monte, CA	$302 – $5,268
27	Monterey Park Hospital Monterey Park, CA	$302 – $4,661
28	Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL	$303 – $1,967
29	Saint Francis Medical Center Lynwood, CA	$305
30	Whittier Hospital Medical Center Whittier, CA	$307 – $5,268
31	Providence Saint Joseph (Burbank) Los Angeles, CA	$322 – $2,582
32	Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA	$322 – $2,872
33	Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA	$322 – $2,206
34	MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Long Beach, CA	$322 – $6,293
35	MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, CA	$322 – $6,293
36	Coast Plaza Hospital Norwalk, CA	$459 – $2,285
37	UC San Diego Health San Diego, CA	$487 – $2,451
38	Swedish Medical Center First Hill Seattle, WA	$497 – $904
39	HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center Houston, TX	$501 – $6,382
40	Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY	$505 – $1,389
41	HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood Houston, TX	$506 – $6,816
42	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$522 – $6,572
43	Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Philadelphia, PA	$522 – $6,802
44	Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Burlington, MA	$531 – $786
45	HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Phoenix, AZ	$554
46	HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center Phoenix, AZ	$554
47	Sharp Grossmont Hospital La Mesa, CA	$581 – $3,112
48	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA	$638
49	Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas, TX	$646 – $1,652
50	Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ	$678 – $903

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About these rates.

Hospitals are required by federal law (45 CFR 180.50) to publish the rates they negotiated with each insurer for each procedure. These numbers are the rates the hospital published for Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, pulled directly from each hospital's machine-readable file.

The range column reflects different Blue Cross Blue Shield plan tiers (HMO, PPO, EPO, etc.). Your plan picks one number out of that range. Your actual out-of-pocket depends on your deductible status, copay, and coinsurance, which the comparison tool can model when you fill them in.

Cash-pay rates are often cheaper than the negotiated rate, especially for high-deductible plans. Worth comparing both — the Lumbar spine MRI without contrast overview shows the cash-pay column alongside.