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MRA Of The Spine

Georgia 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 Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$398 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$479 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,188Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,047
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $501

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
$426.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
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
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$346.74

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 31st 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.