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MRA Of The Spine

Nevada 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$457$347 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$355 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,660Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $347 to $676
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $447professional $457

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
$630.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
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
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 37th of 51

$457

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.