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MRI Of The Mid-Back Spine With Contrast

Illinois 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$178 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$537 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,692Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $123 to $676
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $372

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
$426.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,290.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
3 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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 41st of 51

$389

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.