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MRA Of The Spine

Louisiana 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $832 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$501$363 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$617 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,349Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $219 to $661
$200$500$1Kfacility $832professional $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
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 29th of 51

$513

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.