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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 96 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	M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center Minneapolis, MN	$55 – $916
4	Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY	$76 – $201
5	Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello Montebello, CA	$85 – $2,795
6	UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	$94 – $2,647
7	Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI	$100 – $111
8	Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI	$100 – $111
9	Dell Seton Medical Center at UT Austin Austin, TX	$199 – $1,042
10	Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin Austin, TX	$199 – $1,042
11	Dell Children's Medical Center Austin, TX	$199 – $1,042
12	Ascension Seton Northwest Hospital Austin, TX	$199 – $1,042
13	St. David's Medical Center Austin, TX	$207 – $1,735
14	St. David's North Austin Medical Center Austin, TX	$207 – $1,839
15	St. David's Round Rock Medical Center Round Rock, TX	$207 – $3,073
16	Heart Hospital of Austin Austin, TX	$207 – $1,735
17	ST DAVID'S SOUTH AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER Austin, TX	$207 – $2,379
18	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego San Diego, CA	$211 – $572
19	SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - ENCINITAS Encinitas, CA	$211 – $572
20	Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL	$234 – $4,082
21	Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla La Jolla, CA	$241 – $572
22	SCRIPPS GREEN HOSPITAL La Jolla, CA	$241 – $572
23	Corewell Health Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI	$243
24	Corewell Health Farmington Hills Farmington Hills, MI	$243
25	Corewell Health Troy Troy, MI	$277
26	Corewell Health Dearborn Dearborn, MI	$279
27	Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Houston, TX	$280 – $1,016
28	San Gabriel Valley Medical Center San Gabriel, CA	$302 – $5,316
29	Garfield Medical Center Monterey Park, CA	$302 – $5,316
30	Greater El Monte Community Hospital South El Monte, CA	$302 – $5,268
31	Monterey Park Hospital Monterey Park, CA	$302 – $4,661
32	Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL	$303 – $1,967
33	Saint Francis Medical Center Lynwood, CA	$305
34	Whittier Hospital Medical Center Whittier, CA	$307 – $5,268
35	Providence Saint Joseph (Burbank) Los Angeles, CA	$322 – $2,582
36	Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA	$322 – $2,872
37	Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA	$322 – $2,206
38	MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Long Beach, CA	$322 – $6,293
39	MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, CA	$322 – $6,293
40	DOMINICAN HOSPITAL Santa Cruz, CA	$379
41	OHSU Hospital Portland, OR	$399 – $798
42	Coast Plaza Hospital Norwalk, CA	$459 – $2,285
43	UC San Diego Health San Diego, CA	$487 – $2,451
44	Swedish Medical Center First Hill Seattle, WA	$497 – $904
45	HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center Houston, TX	$501 – $6,382
46	Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY	$505 – $1,389
47	HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood Houston, TX	$506 – $6,816
48	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$522 – $6,572
49	Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Philadelphia, PA	$522 – $6,802
50	Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Burlington, MA	$531 – $786

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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.