MRI of the lower back

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What each hospital calls it: St. Joseph's Medical Center, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Newton Medical Center, “MRI Spine Lumb WO”; Ocean University Medical Center, “MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL”; Southern Ocean Medical Center, “MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL”; Bayshore Medical Center, “MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL”; Jersey Shore University Medical Center, “MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL”; Riverview Medical Center, “MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL”; JFK University Medical Center, “MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL”; Old Bridge Medical Center, “MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL”; Raritan Bay Medical Center, “MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL”; Saint Clares Denville Hospital, “Hc Mri, Lumbar Spine”; Saint Clares Dover Hospital, “Hc Mri, Lumbar Spine”; Saint Michael's Medical Center, “Hc Mri, Lumbar Spine”; St. Mary's General Hospital, “Hc Mri, Lumbar Spine”; Hackensack University Medical Center, “MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL”; Palisades Medical Center, “MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL”; Bellevue Hospital Center, “HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT”; Elmhurst Hospital Center, “HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT”; Harlem Hospital Center, “HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT”; Jacobi Medical Center, “HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT”; Kings County Hospital Center, “HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT”; Lincoln Medical Center, “HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT”; Metropolitan Hospital Center, “HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT”; North Central Bronx, “HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT”; Queens Hospital Center, “HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT”; South Brooklyn Health, “HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT”; Woodhull Medical Center, “HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT”; Mountainside Medical Center, “MRI scan of lower spinal canal without contrast”; University Hospital, “MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL”; Centrastate Medical Center, “MRI Spine Lumb WO”; Chilton Medical Center, “MRI Spine Lumb WO”; Morristown Medical Center, “MRI Spine Lumb WO”; Overlook Medical Center, “MRI Spine Lumb WO”; Pascack Valley Medical Center, “MRI scan of lower spinal canal without contrast”; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway, “HC MRI L-Spine W/O Con”; Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, “HC MRI LUMB SPINE W/O CONTRAST”; Interfaith Medical Center, “HC MRI LUMB SPINE W/O CONTRAST”; Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, “HC MRI LUMB SPINE W/O CONTRAST”; Englewood Hospital, “MRI Spinal Canal Lumbar W/O Contrast Material”; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, “HC MRI L-Spine W/O Con”; Glen Cove Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Huntington Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Lenox Hill Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Long Island Jewish Forest Hills, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Long Island Jewish Medical Center, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Long Island Jewish Valley Stream, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Mather Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; North Shore University Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Northern Westchester Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Peconic Bay Medical Center, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Phelps Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Plainview Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; South Shore University Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Staten Island University Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Syosset Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”; Trinitas Regional Medical Center, “HC MRI L-Spine W/O Con”; Clara Maass Medical Center, “HC MRI L-Spine W/O Con”; Community Medical Center, “HC MRI L-Spine W/O Con”; Jersey City Medical Center, “HC MRI L-Spine W/O Con”; Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, “HC MRI L-Spine W/O Con”; Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, “HC MRI L-Spine W/O Con”; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, “HC MRI L-Spine W/O Con”; BronxCare Health System - BronxCare Hospital Center Concourse, “LUMBAR SPINE MRI WITHOUT CONT”; BronxCare Hospital Center - Fulton Campus, “LUMBAR SPINE MRI WITHOUT CONT”; Monmouth Medical Center, “HC MRI L-Spine W/O Con”; Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, “HC MRI L-Spine W/O Con”; Valley Health System, “MRI LUM SPINE W/O CONTR”; Flushing Hospital Medical Center, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE”; Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE”; NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn, “HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE”; NYU Langone Tisch Hospital, “HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE”; NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island, “HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE”; Montefiore Medical Center, “Mri lumbar spine w o dye”; Putnam Hospital, “Mr Mri Lumb Spine Woc”; Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w o dye”; Montefiore New Rochelle, “Mri lumbar spine w o dye”; Maimonides Medical Center, “MRI L SPINE W/O CONTRAST”; NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, “HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE WITHOUT CONTRAST”; NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center, “HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE WITHOUT CONTRAST”; St. Joseph's University Medical Center, “MRI Lumbar Spine W/O C 72148”; NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital, “HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE WITHOUT CONTRAST”; St. John's Riverside Hospital, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE”; Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, “HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O CONTRAST”; The Brooklyn Hospital Center, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE”; Stony Brook University Hospital, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE”; Secaucus University Hospital, “MRI scan of lower spinal canal without contrast”; Bayonne University Hospital, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE”; Good Samaritan University Hospital, “HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO CON”; Heights University Hospital, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE”; Hoboken University Hospital, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE”; Holy Name Medical Center, “MRI-LUMBAR SPINE”; Mercy Hospital, “HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO CON”; Richmond University Medical Center, “MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO CONTRAST”; St. Catherine of Siena Hospital, “HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO CON”; St. Charles Hospital, “HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO CON”; St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center, “HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO CON”; St. Joseph Hospital, “HC MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO CON”; The Mount Sinai Hospital, “Mri lumbar spine w/o dye”.