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MRA Of The Spine

New Jersey 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$427$398 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$724 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,074Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $288 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $427

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
$398.11
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$776.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$524.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$398.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$8,128.31
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$630.96
4 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
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GL · Free upgrade
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 43rd of 51

$427

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.