MRI of the lower back

US hospitals must publish their prices by law. We take them from each hospital's own file. They're what hospitals charge, not what patients told us they paid, and not a quote.

Hospitals are compared on the same billing code, but what each one includes in that price can differ. Doctors, anesthesia and some tests are often billed separately and aren't included.

For insurance, we show what most plans pay the hospital, leaving out the very lowest and highest. Your own share depends on your plan.

What each hospital calls it: Macon Community Hospital, “MRI SPINE LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST”; Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford, “MRI - LUMBAR W/O”; Ascension Saint Thomas West, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO”; Metro Nashville General Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Highpoint Health - Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas, “Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, spinal canal and contents, lumbar; without contrast material”; Highpoint Health - Riverview with Ascension Saint Thomas, “Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, spinal canal and contents, lumbar; without contrast material”; Highpoint Health - Trousdale with Ascension Saint Thomas, “Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, spinal canal and contents, lumbar; without contrast material”; Stonecrest Medical Center, “MRI L-SPINE W/O CONT”; Northcrest Medical Center, “MRI L-SPINE W/O CONT”; Hendersonville Medical Center, “MRI L-SPINE W/O CONT”; Skyline Madison Campus, “MRI L-SPINE W/O CONT”; Southern Hills Medical Center, “MRI L-SPINE W/O CONT”; Horizon Medical Center, “MRI L-SPINE W/O CONT”; Summit Medical Center, “MRI L-SPINE W/O CONT”; Centennial Medical Center at Ashland City, “MRI L-SPINE W/O CONT”; Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE”; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”.