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MRA Of The Spine

Arkansas 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $316 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$525$447 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$288 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $288 to $525Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $363 to $646
$500$1Kfacility $316professional $525

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
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
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
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 28th of 51

$525

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.