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MRA Of The Spine

Illinois 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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$479$347 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$1,023 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,548Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $123 to $741
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $479

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
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,348.96
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 34th of 51

$490

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.