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MRA Of The Spine

Oklahoma 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$407$295 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$407 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,622Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $115 to $3,236
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $407

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
$741.31
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54
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
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 39th of 51

$437

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.