Where can I find the cheapest mri scan of middle spinal canal without contrast in Kentucky?

The cheapest Kentucky hospital published cash price for this procedure is $108. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.

Are these the prices I'll pay?

These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.

Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?

Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.

Where does this data come from?

Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.

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MRI Scan of Middle Spinal Canal without Contrast Cost in Kentucky

What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 76 Kentucky hospitals. CPT 72146. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.

📊 Median $1,501 📉 Low $108 📈 High $17,107 🏥 76 hospitals 🏛️ 67 with insurance contracts 🇺🇸 Medicare $175

Hospital comparison — Kentucky

Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 76 hospitals.

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Hospital	Cash	Humana	UHC	Aetna	Centene	Cigna	Molina	MultiPlan	Medicare
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER HOPKINSVILLE	$108	$65.26	$65.26	$68.52	$65.26	$65.26	—	$298	—
HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE HAZARD	$196	$196	$66.31	$66.31	$66.31	—	$1,213	—	—
WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL HOSPITAL ROAD WHITESBURG	$196	$128	$66.31	$66.31	$66.31	—	$904	—	—
BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE HOSPITAL DRIVE MADISONVILLE	$465	$63.39	$63.39	$63.39	$68.93	—	$68.93	$1,213	—
DEACONESS UNION COUNTY HOSPITAL MORGANFIELD	$591	$63.39	$63.39	$63.39	$63.39	$229	$63.39	$229	—
DEACONESS HENDERSON HOSPITAL HENDERSON	$591	$63.39	$63.39	$63.39	$63.39	$259	$63.39	$229	$63.39
OWENSBORO HEALTH MUHLENBERG COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GREENVILLE	$804	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
OWENSBORO HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL OWENSBORO	$804	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING MT. STERLING	$840	$227	$232	$234	$227	—	$239	$2,086	—
SAINT JOSEPH BEREA BEREA	$928	$539	$550	$555	$531	$1,329	$566	$1,753	—
UOFL HEALTH - UOFL HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$933	$204	—	—	$263	$227	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH FT. THOMAS FT. THOMAS	$971	—	$241	$718	$255	—	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH GRANT HOSPITAL WILLIAMSTOWN	$971	—	$241	$718	$255	—	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH COVINGTON COVINGTON	$971	—	$241	$718	$255	—	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH FLORENCE FLORENCE	$971	—	$241	$718	$255	—	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH EDGEWOOD EDGEWOOD	$971	—	$241	$718	$255	—	—	—	—
CHI SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH WOMEN'S HOSPITAL AT SAINT JOSEPH EAST LEXINGTON	$1,034	$237	$247	$245	$237	$1,647	$249	$2,341	—
CHI HEALTH SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL LEXINGTON	$1,102	$237	$247	$245	$237	$1,474	$249	$2,128	—
CHI SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL LONDON LONDON	$1,132	$219	$223	$226	$219	—	$230	$2,886	—
WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL HOSPITAL STREET MONTICELLO	$1,143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NORTON AUDUBON HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,174	$2,642	$227	$227	$227	$1,694	—	$4,580	—
NORTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,174	$1,409	$227	$227	$227	$1,694	—	$4,991	—
NORTON WEST LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,174	$2,642	$227	$227	$227	$1,694	—	$4,580	—
NORTON HEALTHCARE PAVILION LOUISVILLE	$1,174	$2,642	$227	$227	$227	$1,694	—	$4,580	—
NORTON BROWNSBORO HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,174	$2,642	$227	$227	$227	$1,694	—	$4,580	—
NORTON WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,174	$2,642	$227	$227	$227	$1,694	—	$4,580	—
UOFL HEALTH - MARY & ELIZABETH HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,210	$204	—	—	$300	$227	—	—	—
PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER PIKEVILLE	$1,256	—	—	$224	$313	—	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER NORTHEAST LOUISVILLE	$1,263	$204	—	—	$300	$227	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH SHEPHERDSVILLE	$1,263	$204	—	—	$300	$227	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER SOUTHWEST LOUISVILLE	$1,263	$204	—	—	$300	$227	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER EAST LOUISVILLE	$1,263	$204	—	—	$300	$227	—	—	—
CHI SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BARDSTOWN	$1,263	$231	$236	$238	$231	$2,173	$243	$2,709	—
UOFL HEALTH - SHELBYVILLE HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE	$1,337	$204	—	—	$300	$227	—	—	—
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MARION	$1,360	—	$1,346	$1,993	$441	$1,993	—	—	$205
LIVINGSTON HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES SALEM	$1,418	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - JEWISH HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,485	$204	—	—	$300	$227	—	—	—
FLEMING COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION DRIVE FLEMINGSBURG	$1,501	$20.00	$19.38	$22.60	—	—	—	$80.00	$20.00
KINGS DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER ASHLAND	$1,679	—	$2,607	$3,102	—	—	$245	$3,778	—
OWENSBORO HEALTH TWIN LAKES MEDICAL CENTER LEITCHFIELD	$1,758	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT BOWLING GREEN BOWLING GREEN	$1,782	$228	$228	$228	—	$552	—	—	$228
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL BOWLING GREEN	$1,852	—	$1,852	—	—	—	$1,852	—	—
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER PRINCETON	$1,882	$525	$828	$812	$1,242	$2,133	$903	—	$171
MARSHALL COUNTY HOSPITAL BENTON	$1,977	$1,221	$1,246	—	—	—	—	—	$1,221
CARROLL COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CARROLLTON	$1,994	$945	$1,064	—	$945	—	—	—	$171
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - WINCHESTER WINCHESTER	$2,000	$100	$565	$70.70	$100	$100	—	$70.00	$100
MERCY HEALTH - MARCUM AND WALLACE HOSPITAL IRVINE	$2,092	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT FRANKLIN FRANKLIN	$2,096	$503	$503	$503	—	$750	—	—	$566
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT CAVERNA HORSE CAVE	$2,096	$503	$503	$503	—	$750	—	—	$566
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - VERSAILLES AMSDEN AVENUE VERSAILLES	$2,214	$30.30	$30.60	$30.90	$30.00	—	—	$88.00	$30.00
MERCY HEALTH - LOURDES HOSPITAL PADUCAH	$2,273	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - PARIS LINVILLE DRIVE PARIS	$2,302	$29.19	$102	$34.80	$100	$92.00	—	$92.00	$100
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT SCOTTSVILLE SCOTTSVILLE	$2,410	$506	$506	$506	—	$750	—	—	$506
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT ALBANY ALBANY	$2,410	$723	$489	$723	—	$489	—	—	$747
MEADOWVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MAYSVILLE	$2,519	$103	$43.30	$37.00	—	—	—	—	$100
LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL SOMERSET	$2,724	$100	$102	$103	—	—	—	—	—
MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL W CUMBERLAND AVENUE MIDDLESBORO	$2,852	$166	$166	$166	$166	—	$873	—	—
ARH OUR LADY OF THE WAY MAIN STREET MARTIN	$3,010	$1,003	—	$1,003	$1,003	—	$1,023	—	—
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - GEORGETOWN GEORGETOWN	$3,032	$28.83	$102	$37.30	$100	—	—	$88.00	$100
MORGAN COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL LIBERTY ROAD WEST LIBERTY	$3,053	$1,068	$1,323	$1,068	$1,079	—	$1,090	—	—

What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 72146, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $1,990 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.

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That is the median of what the 76 Kentucky hospitals above publish for Mri scan of middle spinal canal without contrast — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.

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Medicare reimbursement benchmark

For CPT 72146 in Kentucky, Medicare reimburses about $175 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Kentucky range from $108 to $17,107 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 8.6x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.

Frequently asked questions

How much does mri scan of middle spinal canal without contrast cost in Kentucky?: Cash prices for mri scan of middle spinal canal without contrast (CPT 72146) in Kentucky range from $108 to $17,107, with a median of $1,501. Prices vary widely by hospital.
Where can I find the cheapest mri scan of middle spinal canal without contrast in Kentucky?: The cheapest Kentucky hospital published cash price for this procedure is $108. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
Are these the prices I'll pay?: These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?: Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
Where does this data come from?: Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.

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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Kentucky facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 72146 (Imaging). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.