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MRA Of The Spine

Colorado 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?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$457 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$646 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,778Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $575

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
$457.09
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$186.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
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
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 15th of 51

$603

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.