go back

MRA Of The Spine

Arizona 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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$468$389 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$513 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,089Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,236
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,023professional $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
$512.86
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
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
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 33rd of 51

$501

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.