MRI of the lower back

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What each hospital calls it: John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, “PF-MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O CON”; Holy Cross Hospital, “MRI scan of lower spinal canal without contrast”; Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, “MRI scan of lower spinal canal without contrast”; Mercy Medical Center, “MRI L-SPINE SURVEY WO CONTRAST”; Resurrection Medical Center, “Hc Mri, Lumbar Spine”; Saint Francis Hospital, “HC MRI, LUMBAR SPINE”; Saint Joseph Hospital, “LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST - 72148 - 61000320”; Saint Joseph Medical Center, “MRI L-SPINE SURVEY WO CONTRAST”; Roseland Community Hospital, “MRI scan of lower spinal canal without contrast”; Humboldt Park Health, “MRI scan of lower spinal canal without contrast”; Franciscan Health Rensselaer, “MRI Spine Lumbar; W/O Contrast”; Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, “MR Scan Spine Lumb-WO/Con”; Loyola University Medical Center, “MR Scan Spine Lumb-WO/Con”; Franciscan Health Munster, “MRI Spine Lumbar; W/O Contrast”; UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook, “HC MRI, LUMBAR SPINE”; UChicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenOaks, “HC MRI, LUMBAR SPINE”; UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale, “HC MRI, LUMBAR SPINE”; UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange, “HC MRI, LUMBAR SPINE”; Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE”; St. Bernard Hospital, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST”; Advocate Christ Medical Center, “MR L SPINE WO DYE”; Franciscan Health Crown Point, “MRI Spine Lumbar; W/O Contrast”; Franciscan Health Dyer, “MRI Spine Lumbar; W/O Contrast”; Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, “MR L SPINE WO DYE”; Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, “MR L SPINE WO DYE”; Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, “MR L SPINE WO DYE”; Northwest Health - Porter, “MRI Spine Lumbar WO”; Advocate South Suburban Hospital, “MR L SPINE WO DYE”; Advocate Trinity Hospital, “MR L SPINE WO DYE”; Community First Medical Center, “MRI scan of lower spinal canal without contrast”; Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, “MR L SPINE WO DYE”; Advocate Condell Medical Center, “MR L SPINE WO DYE”; Advocate Sherman Hospital, “MR L SPINE WO DYE”; University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, “HC MRI, Lumbar Spine - MRI Lumbar Spine WO Contrast”; Community Hospital, “HC MRI Lumbar Spine WO Cont”; St. Catherine Hospital, “HC MRI Lumbar Spine WO Cont”; St. Mary Medical Center, “HC MRI Lumbar Spine WO Cont”; OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Jackson Park Hospital, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO CONTRAST”; Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Vista Medical Center East, “MR-LUMB SPINE W”; Mercyhealth Hospital & Medical Center - Harvard, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, “HB MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Dye”; Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, “HB MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Dye”; Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, “HB MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Dye”; Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, “HB MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Dye”; Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, “HB MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Dye”; Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital, “HB MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Dye”; Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital, “HB MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Dye”; Endeavor Health Evanston Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Endeavor Health Highland Park Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus, “MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Cont”; Methodist Hospitals Southlake Campus, “MRI Lumbar Spine W/O Cont”; Ingalls Memorial Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; UChicago Crown Point, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Endeavor Health Edward Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Endeavor Health Elmhurst Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Mercyhealth Crystal Lake Hospital & Medical Center, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; University of Chicago Medical Center, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Ascension Alexian Brothers (Alexian Brothers Medical Center), “MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE”; Ascension Saint Alexius, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE”; Loretto Hospital, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE”; MacNeal Hospital Gottlieb Community Health Services Corporation, “MR Scan Spine Lumb-WO/Con”; Pinnacle Hospital, “MRI L-SPINE W/O”.