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MRA Of The Spine

Florida 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$288$229 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$269 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,950Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $105 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $479professional $288

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
$371.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$602.56
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$831.76
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$616.60
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
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
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$363.08

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$288

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.