go back

MRA Of The Spine

Minnesota 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $933 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$708$537 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$355 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,549Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,738
$500$1K$2Kfacility $933professional $708

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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,754.23
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$660.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
5 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
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$741

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.