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MRA Of The Spine

Alabama rates for HCPCS 72159

A magnetic resonance study that maps the blood vessels supplying the spinal canal and the spinal cord inside it. It uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves rather than X-rays. It is used to look for an abnormal tangle of vessels, an interrupted blood supply, or the vessels feeding a growth near the cord.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does MRA Of The Spine cost?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $724 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$427 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$724 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $724 to $724Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $355 to $676
$500$1Kfacility $724professional $468

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
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
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
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Wyoming than in Texas. 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· 30th of 51

$513

WY $1,380TX $257

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.