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MRI Of The Mid-Back Spine With Contrast

Alabama rates for HCPCS 72147

An MRI scanner creates detailed images of the mid-back (thoracic) portion of the spine after contrast material is injected into a vein, which can highlight certain tissues, such as areas of inflammation or abnormal blood vessels, more clearly than a plain scan. It uses magnets and radio waves rather than radiation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does MRI Of The Mid-Back Spine With Contrast cost?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $661 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$407$339 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$646 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $646 to $661Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $282 to $631
$200$500$1Kfacility $661professional $407

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$588.84
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$85.11

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Wyoming than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 35th of 51

$407

WY $1,096UT $191

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.