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Lumbar spine MRI without contrast with Medicare.

Negotiated rates Medicare pays for lumbar spine mri without contrast at 145 US hospitals. Range: $24 to $4,124. 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 Medicare rate.

#	Hospital	Medicare rate
1	Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA	$24 – $683
2	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH	$43 – $258
3	Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN	$49 – $233
4	Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY	$53 – $76
5	MLK Community Hospital Los Angeles, CA	$58 – $11,019
6	Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI	$59 – $1,738
7	Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI	$59 – $261
8	Jefferson Abington Hospital Philadelphia, PA	$60 – $1,001
9	Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY	$60 – $80
10	Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY	$62 – $1,354
11	HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER New York, NY	$62 – $696
12	Elmhurst Hospital Center Queens, NY	$62 – $696
13	QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER Jamaica, NY	$62 – $1,354
14	Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY	$63 – $1,354
15	Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY	$63 – $1,354
16	METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER New York, NY	$63 – $696
17	WOODHULL MEDICAL & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER Brooklyn, NY	$63 – $1,354
18	Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY	$64 – $328
19	M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center Minneapolis, MN	$65 – $436
20	Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC	$66 – $765
21	UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	$68 – $273
22	Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA	$71 – $251
23	Forbes Hospital Monroeville, PA	$71 – $251
24	Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA	$71 – $251
25	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY	$75 – $2,578
26	OHSU Hospital Portland, OR	$107 – $536
27	Baptist Hospital of Miami Miami, FL	$125 – $336
28	Doctors Hospital Coral Gables, FL	$125 – $336
29	Homestead Hospital Homestead, FL	$125 – $336
30	MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC	$141 – $296
31	MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Long Beach, CA	$199 – $384
32	MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, CA	$199 – $384
33	UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA	$216 – $625
34	Corewell Health Troy Troy, MI	$221 – $321
35	Corewell Health Farmington Hills Farmington Hills, MI	$221 – $321
36	Corewell Health Dearborn Dearborn, MI	$221 – $321
37	Corewell Health Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI	$221 – $321
38	MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL Sacramento, CA	$230 – $327
39	METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO Sacramento, CA	$230 – $327
40	UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	$230 – $2,577
41	UC San Diego Health San Diego, CA	$231 – $2,719
42	UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital Aurora, CO	$236 – $243
43	Yale New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT	$239 – $292
44	Emory Decatur Hospital Atlanta, GA	$239 – $254
45	Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA	$239 – $254
46	Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX	$240 – $467
47	Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX	$240 – $276
48	Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital Houston, TX	$240 – $276
49	Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center Houston, TX	$240 – $276
50	Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX	$240 – $276

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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 Medicare plans, pulled directly from each hospital's machine-readable file.

The range column reflects different Medicare 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.