Hospital prices, out in the open.

MRI, lower spine, without contrast in GA72148

HC MRI, LUMBAR SPINE - MRI LUMBAR SPINE WO CONTRAST

Lowest reported
$89
Typical
$654
Highest reported
$5,985

Across 109 GA hospitals that publish a negotiated price for this code. Each hospital's figure is the middle of the rates it publishes across its own insurance plans, so the spread within one hospital is often wider than the gap between two.

Two different kinds of price are mixed together below. A procedure code is billed twice — once by the hospital for its own costs, once by the doctor for their work — and hospitals publish different sides of that split under the same code. For this code, 46 hospitals publish a facility charge, 7 hospitals publish both, mixed together, and 56 hospitals do not say which. A physician fee is typically a small fraction of the hospital charge, so a much lower number here usually means it is measuring less, not that the hospital is cheaper. Unlabelled does not mean it is the hospital charge — some hospitals publish a physician fee without saying so, and nothing in the data distinguishes them.
Hospital Typical Hospital’s own chargefacility Doctor’s chargeprofessional Self-paycash price Lowest Highest Plans on file
Liberty Regional Medical Center
HINESVILLE · not rated
$89 not mentioned not mentioned $398 $86 $398 6
Memorial Health University Medical Center
SAVANNAH · ★1/5
$124 not mentioned not mentioned $4,587 $37 $4,128 187
Grady Memorial Hospital
ATLANTA · ★2/5
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $1,116 $114 $4,804 $66 $3,843 120
Hamilton Medical Center
DALTON · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$172 $172 not mentioned $5,975 $160 $184 2
Optim Medical Center - Screven
SYLVANIA · not rated
Facility fee only
$213 $213 not mentioned $1,948 $209 $524 7
St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare
COLUMBUS · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$217 $217 not mentioned not published $91 $869 11
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
DEMOREST · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$220 $220 not mentioned $958 $209 $1,342 7
Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins
WARNER ROBINS · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$224 $224 not mentioned $1,500 $214 $628 9
SGMC Health
VALDOSTA · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$229 $229 not mentioned $770 $165 $270 4
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center
MACON · ★2/5
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $2,476 $173 $2,102 $66 $3,909 91
Navicent Health Baldwin
MILLEDGEVILLE · ★2/5
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $1,708 $173 $1,124 $66 $3,284 85
Southern Regional Medical Center
RIVERDALE · ★1/5
$238 not mentioned not mentioned $238 $222 $3,493 41
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
GAINESVILLE · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$244 $244 not mentioned $958 $235 $788 6
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton
CARROLLTON · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$245 $245 not mentioned $1,649 $238 $262 5
NGMC Barrow
WINDER · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$249 $249 not mentioned $958 $239 $788 6
Memorial Satilla Health
WAYCROSS · ★3/5
$249 not mentioned not mentioned $6,668 $106 $6,001 156
SGMC Berrien Campus
NASHVILLE · not rated
Facility fee only
$250 $250 not mentioned $770 $208 $312 3
Emory Hillandale Hospital
LITHONIA · ★1/5
Facility fee only
$252 $252 not mentioned $2,296 $238 $828 12
Emory University Hospital
ATLANTA · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$254 $254 not mentioned $2,296 $238 $965 13
Emory Decatur Hospital
DECATUR · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$254 $254 not mentioned $2,296 $238 $965 13
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
ATLANTA · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$257 $257 not mentioned $2,296 $238 $965 13
Emory Johns Creek Hospital
JOHNS CREEK · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$257 $257 not mentioned $2,296 $238 $965 13
Emory University Hospital Midtown
ATLANTA · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$257 $257 not mentioned $2,296 $238 $965 13
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin
DAHLONEGA · ★5/5
Facility fee only
$257 $257 not mentioned $958 $248 $788 6
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center
AMERICUS · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$261 $261 not mentioned not published $209 $450 8
AdventHealth Murray
CHATSWORTH · ★5/5
Facility fee only
$281 $281 not mentioned $6,182 $222 $765 6
Fairview Park Hospital
DUBLIN · ★4/5
$285 not mentioned not mentioned $10,411 $93 $9,370 191
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
ALBANY · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$287 $287 not mentioned not published $230 $450 8
St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah
SAVANNAH · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$292 $292 not mentioned $667 $209 $2,644 9
Candler Hospital
SAVANNAH · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$292 $292 not mentioned $667 $209 $2,644 9
AdventHealth Gordon
CALHOUN · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$307 $307 not mentioned $6,182 $238 $1,306 8
Doctors Hospital
AUGUSTA · ★3/5
$313 not mentioned not mentioned $9,402 $100 $8,462 187
WellStar MCG Health, Affiliated with Med Col
AUGUSTA · ★1/5
Facility fee only
$349 $349 not mentioned $1,776 $209 $955 20
Crisp Regional Hospital
CORDELE · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$350 $350 not mentioned $2,752 $290 $379 3
AdventHealth Redmond
ROME · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$372 $372 not mentioned $11,676 $248 $689 7
WellStar Douglas Medical Center
DOUGLASVILLE · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$383 $383 not mentioned $1,776 $240 $912 12
WellStar Paulding Medical Center
HIRAM · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$384 $384 not mentioned $1,776 $242 $910 12
WellStar Cobb Medical Center
AUSTELL · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$384 $384 not mentioned $1,776 $242 $945 12
WellStar North Fulton Medical Center
ROSWELL · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$384 $384 not mentioned $1,776 $242 $924 12
WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
MARIETTA · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$384 $384 not mentioned $1,776 $242 $910 12
WellStar West Georgia Medical Center
LAGRANGE · ★5/5
Facility fee only
$399 $399 not mentioned $1,776 $235 $914 13
Stephens County Hospital
TOCCOA · ★2/5
$402 not mentioned not mentioned $739 $235 $1,109 10
WellStar Spalding Medical Center
GRIFFIN · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$407 $407 not mentioned $1,776 $239 $912 13
Phoebe Worth Medical Center
SYLVESTER · not rated
Facility fee only
$450 $450 not mentioned not published $450 $450 1
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
BYRON · ★1/5
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $1,404 $173 $1,080 $76 $2,009 86
Bacon County Hospital
ALMA · not rated
Facility fee only
$489 $489 not mentioned $2,573 $33 $504 9
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
VIDALIA · ★5/5
$518 not mentioned not mentioned $6,370 $221 $5,733 80
Coffee Regional Medical Center
DOUGLAS · ★3/5
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $836 $186 $2,861 $174 $3,998 76
Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia
RINGGOLD · ★3/5
$561 not mentioned not mentioned $1,423 $216 $3,894 61
Southwell Medical, a Campus of TRMC
ADEL · not rated
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $583 $276 $1,713 $165 $3,426 92
Monroe County Hospital
FORSYTH · not rated
$575 not mentioned not mentioned $222 $167 $1,108 25
Washington County Regional Medical Center
SANDERSVILLE · not rated
$600 not mentioned not mentioned $1,873 $209 $3,110 25
Dodge County Hospital
EASTMAN · not rated
$604 not mentioned not mentioned not published $1 $3,500 15
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
STATESBORO · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$633 $633 not mentioned $2,340 $214 $5,682 98
Mountain Lakes Medical Center
CLAYTON · not rated
Facility fee only
$654 $654 not mentioned $374 $654 $654 1
Taylor Regional Hospital
HAWKINSVILLE · not rated
Facility fee only
$678 $678 not mentioned $3,642 $375 $1,454 15
WellStar Sylvan Grove Medical Center
JACKSON · not rated
Facility fee only
$692 $692 not mentioned $1,776 $342 $876 5
Optim Medical Center - Tattnall
REIDSVILLE · not rated
Facility fee only
$700 $700 not mentioned $1,948 $524 $867 7
St Mary's Hospital
ATHENS · ★1/5
Facility fee only
$709 $709 not mentioned $2,458 $230 $3,404 107
St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital
GREENSBORO · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$731 $731 not mentioned $1,679 $365 $2,325 32
Elbert Memorial Hospital
ELBERTON · not rated
Facility fee only
$746 $746 not mentioned $670 $284 $1,533 15
Tift Regional Medical Center
TIFTON · ★3/5
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $789 $276 $1,713 $168 $3,426 46
Blue Ridge Medical Center
BLUE RIDGE · not rated
$781 not mentioned not mentioned $2,344 $199 $3,906 822
Evans Memorial Hospital
CLAXTON · not rated
$828 not mentioned not mentioned not published $208 $4,462 11
Union General Hospital
BLAIRSVILLE · ★3/5
$838 not mentioned not mentioned $992 $224 $1,687 36
Jefferson Hospital
LOUISVILLE · not rated
$840 not mentioned not mentioned $745 $545 $1,155 20
Chatuge Regional Hospital
HIAWASSEE · not rated
$875 not mentioned not mentioned $827 $364 $1,406 36
Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside
COLUMBUS · ★5/5
$877 not mentioned not mentioned $1,319 $361 $3,737 16
Morgan Medical Center
MADISON · not rated
$906 not mentioned not mentioned not published $750 $1,101 9
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
CEDARTOWN · not rated
Facility fee only
$938 $938 not mentioned $1,782 $414 $3,208 36
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
ROME · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$948 $948 not mentioned $2,768 $236 $4,706 38
Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown
COLUMBUS · ★2/5
$955 not mentioned not mentioned $1,319 $361 $3,737 17
Candler County Hospital
METTER · not rated
$1,054 not mentioned not mentioned not published $301 $2,780 13
Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center
LAVONIA · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$1,149 $1,149 not mentioned $1,234 $205 $1,614 104
Piedmont Walton Hospital
MONROE · ★4/5
$1,248 not mentioned not mentioned $1,711 $512 $5,132 15
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital
JASPER · ★4/5
$1,248 not mentioned not mentioned $1,711 $584 $4,847 15
Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus
SAINT MARYS · ★4/5
$1,315 not mentioned not mentioned not published $66 $1,907 32
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus
BRUNSWICK · ★2/5
$1,315 not mentioned not mentioned not published $66 $1,907 32
Memorial Hospital and Manor
BAINBRIDGE · ★1/5
$1,430 not mentioned not mentioned $1,550 $191 $2,104 24
Putnam General Hospital
EATONTON · not rated
$1,447 not mentioned not mentioned $1,506 $174 $2,560 13
Effingham Health System
SPRINGFIELD · not rated
$1,464 not mentioned not mentioned $3,398 $725 $4,966 14
Dorminy Medical Center
FITZGERALD · not rated
$1,553 not mentioned not mentioned $882 $580 $1,677 27
Appling Healthcare
BAXLEY · not rated
$1,556 not mentioned not mentioned $2,611 $223 $3,032 10
Northside Hospital
ATLANTA · ★3/5
$1,581 not mentioned not mentioned $4,665 $120 $6,220 134
Northside Hospital Cherokee
CANTON · ★4/5
$1,581 not mentioned not mentioned $4,665 $120 $6,220 135
Northside Hospital Forsyth
CUMMING · ★4/5
$1,581 not mentioned not mentioned $4,665 $120 $6,220 133
Piedmont Augusta Hospital
AUGUSTA · ★2/5
$1,627 not mentioned not mentioned $1,319 $354 $3,957 21
Northside Hospital Gwinnett
LAWRENCEVILLE · ★3/5
$1,668 not mentioned not mentioned $4,665 $120 $6,220 140
Northside Hospital Duluth
DULUTH · ★4/5
$1,668 not mentioned not mentioned $4,665 $120 $6,220 140
University Mcduffie County Regional Medical Center
THOMSON · not rated
$1,689 not mentioned not mentioned $1,319 $337 $3,957 16
Jeff Davis Hospital
HAZLEHURST · not rated
$1,705 not mentioned not mentioned $1,829 $696 $4,025 57
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
ATHENS · ★4/5
$1,751 not mentioned not mentioned $1,711 $584 $4,676 16
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
FAYETTEVILLE · ★3/5
$1,754 not mentioned not mentioned $1,711 $525 $4,847 16
Piedmont Hospital
ATLANTA · ★4/5
$1,754 not mentioned not mentioned $1,711 $584 $4,847 16
Piedmont Newnan Hospital
NEWNAN · ★4/5
$1,754 not mentioned not mentioned $1,711 $537 $5,303 16
Piedmont Henry Hospital
STOCKBRIDGE · ★2/5
$1,754 not mentioned not mentioned $1,711 $484 $4,847 16
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
CARTERSVILLE · ★3/5
$1,754 not mentioned not mentioned $1,919 $584 $5,757 16
Piedmont Rockdale Hospital
CONYERS · ★3/5
$1,836 not mentioned not mentioned $1,711 $347 $4,277 16
Wayne Memorial Hospital
JESUP · ★3/5
$2,003 not mentioned not mentioned $1,314 $1,617 $2,366 18
Piedmont Newton Hospital
COVINGTON · ★3/5
$2,254 not mentioned not mentioned $1,711 $557 $4,847 15
Piedmont Macon North Hospital
MACON · ★4/5
$2,260 not mentioned not mentioned $1,711 $525 $5,132 14
Coliseum Medical Centers
MACON · ★3/5
$2,260 not mentioned not mentioned $1,711 $390 $5,132 14
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center
SNELLVILLE · ★2/5
$2,260 not mentioned not mentioned $1,711 $584 $5,132 15
Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica
VILLA RICA · ★3/5
$2,473 not mentioned not mentioned $2,473 $896 $3,833 17
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite
ATLANTA · not rated
$2,507 not mentioned not mentioned $3,658 $1,529 $3,658 56
Athur M Blank Hospital
ATLANTA · not rated
$2,507 not mentioned not mentioned $3,658 $1,563 $3,658 56
Colquitt Regional Medical Center
MOULTRIE · ★4/5
$3,589 not mentioned not mentioned $3,808 $69 $3,808 48
Donalsonville Hospital
DONALSONVILLE · not rated
$3,759 not mentioned not mentioned $4,326 $130 $4,326 28
Emanuel Medical Center
SWAINSBORO · ★4/5
$5,985 not mentioned not mentioned $8,616 $1 $11,488 18

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