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MRI Of The Mid-Back Spine With Contrast

Mississippi 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $708 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$490$347 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$708 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $550 to $794Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $240 to $871
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $708professional $490

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
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$794.33
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
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 21st of 51

$490

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.