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: Gateway Regional Medical Center, “MR-LUMB SPINE WO”; Touchette Regional Hospital, “Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, spinal canal and contents, lumbar; without contrast material”; Mercy Hospital Jefferson, “MRI Lumbar Spine WO Cont”; SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Barnes Jewish Hospital, “HC MRI Lumbar Spn W/O Cont”; Alton Memorial Hospital, “HC MRI Lumbar Spn W/O Cont”; Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital, “HC MRI Lumbar Spn W/O Cont”; Barnes Jewish West County Hospital, “HC MRI Lumbar Spn W/O Cont”; Christian Hospital, “HC MRI Lumbar Spn W/O Cont”; Memorial Hospital, “HC MRI Lumbar Spn W/O Cont”; Missouri Baptist Medical Center, “HC MRI Lumbar Spn W/O Cont”; Progress West Hospital, “HC MRI Lumbar Spn W/O Cont”; SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis, “Hc Mri L-Spine Limited”; SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton, “Hc Mri L-Spine Limited”; SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis, “Hc Mri L-Spine Limited”; SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles, “Hc Mri L-Spine Limited”; SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville, “Hc Mri L-Spine Limited”; SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis, “Hc Mri L-Spine Limited”; Mercy Hospital South, “MRI Lumbar Spine WO Cont”; Community Hospital of Staunton, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O”; Mercy Hospital Washington, “MRI Lumbar Spine WO Cont”; Mercy Hospital Lincoln, “MRI Lumbar Spine WO Cont”; Mercy Hospital St Louis, “MRI Lumbar Spine WO Cont”; Deaconess Illinois Red Bud Regional Hospital, “MR-LUMB SPINE WO”; HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital, “HC MRI L-SPINE W/O CONTRAST”; Anderson Hospital, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O”; Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital, “HC MRI Lumbar Spn W/O Cont”; HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital, “HC MRI L-SPINE W/O CONTRAST”; HSHS Holy Family Hospital, “HC MRI L-SPINE W/O CONTRAST”; HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital, “HC MRI L-SPINE W/O CONTRAST”; OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”.