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MRI Of The Mid-Back Spine With Contrast

Louisiana 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$407$295 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$501 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,096Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $178 to $603
$200$500$1Kfacility $550professional $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
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 28th of 51

$447

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.