Where can I find the cheapest mri scan of upper spinal canal before and after contrast in Kentucky?

The cheapest Kentucky hospital published cash price for this procedure is $282. 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 Upper Spinal Canal Before and After Contrast Cost in Kentucky

What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 75 Kentucky hospitals. CPT 72156. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.

📊 Median $2,116 📉 Low $282 📈 High $19,414 🏥 75 hospitals 🏛️ 66 with insurance contracts 🇺🇸 Medicare $291

Hospital comparison — Kentucky

Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 75 hospitals.

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Hospital	Cash	UHC	Humana	Aetna	Centene	Cigna	MultiPlan	Molina	Medicare
HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE HAZARD	$282	$103	$290	$103	$103	—	—	$1,843	—
BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE HOSPITAL DRIVE MADISONVILLE	$724	$98.57	$98.57	$98.57	$110	—	$1,716	$110	—
OWENSBORO HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL OWENSBORO	$804	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
OWENSBORO HEALTH MUHLENBERG COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GREENVILLE	$804	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DEACONESS HENDERSON HOSPITAL HENDERSON	$989	$184	$184	$184	$184	$300	$350	$184	$184
UOFL HEALTH - UOFL HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,172	—	$320	—	$388	$335	—	—	—
CHI HEALTH SAINT JOSEPH JESSAMINE NICHOLASVILLE	$1,258	$365	$351	$361	$351	$1,923	$2,272	$368	—
CHI SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH WOMEN'S HOSPITAL AT SAINT JOSEPH EAST LEXINGTON	$1,260	$365	$351	$361	$351	$2,008	$2,856	$368	—
NORTON HEALTHCARE PAVILION LOUISVILLE	$1,263	$335	$2,841	$335	$335	$1,694	$4,925	—	—
NORTON WEST LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,263	$335	$2,841	$335	$335	$1,694	$4,925	—	—
NORTON WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,263	$335	$2,841	$335	$335	$1,694	$4,925	—	—
NORTON BROWNSBORO HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,263	$335	$2,841	$335	$335	$1,694	$4,925	—	—
NORTON AUDUBON HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,263	$335	$2,841	$335	$335	$1,694	$4,925	—	—
NORTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,263	$335	$1,515	$335	$335	$1,694	$5,367	—	—
DEACONESS UNION COUNTY HOSPITAL MORGANFIELD	$1,288	$100	$184	$184	$184	$300	$350	$184	—
UOFL HEALTH - SHELBYVILLE HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE	$1,425	—	$320	—	$471	$335	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH FT. THOMAS FT. THOMAS	$1,434	$353	—	$1,260	$374	—	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH GRANT HOSPITAL WILLIAMSTOWN	$1,434	$353	—	$1,260	$374	—	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH COVINGTON COVINGTON	$1,434	$353	—	$1,260	$374	—	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH FLORENCE FLORENCE	$1,434	$353	—	$1,260	$374	—	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH EDGEWOOD EDGEWOOD	$1,434	$353	—	$1,260	$374	—	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - MARY & ELIZABETH HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,499	—	$320	—	$471	$335	—	—	—
PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER PIKEVILLE	$1,525	—	—	$327	$458	—	—	—	—
CHI HEALTH SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL LEXINGTON	$1,551	$365	$351	$361	$351	$2,075	$2,997	$368	—
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING MT. STERLING	$1,558	$343	$336	$346	$336	—	$3,869	$353	—
SAINT JOSEPH BEREA BEREA	$1,590	$942	$923	$951	$910	$2,276	$3,001	$970	—
CHI SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL LONDON LONDON	$1,670	$330	$324	$333	$324	—	$4,260	$340	—
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER SOUTHWEST LOUISVILLE	$1,716	—	$320	—	$471	$335	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH SHEPHERDSVILLE	$1,716	—	$320	—	$471	$335	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER EAST LOUISVILLE	$1,716	—	$320	—	$471	$335	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER NORTHEAST LOUISVILLE	$1,716	—	$320	—	$471	$335	—	—	—
OWENSBORO HEALTH TWIN LAKES MEDICAL CENTER LEITCHFIELD	$1,758	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER HOPKINSVILLE	$1,765	$101	$101	$107	$101	$101	$4,840	—	—
FLEMING COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION DRIVE FLEMINGSBURG	$1,861	$19.38	$20.00	$22.60	—	—	$80.00	—	$20.00
WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL HOSPITAL STREET MONTICELLO	$1,939	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - JEWISH HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$2,019	—	$320	—	$471	$335	—	—	—
CHI SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BARDSTOWN	$2,090	$349	$342	$352	$342	$3,596	$4,483	$359	—
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MARION	$2,116	$1,346	—	$3,101	$695	$3,101	—	—	$323
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT BOWLING GREEN BOWLING GREEN	$2,123	$337	$337	$337	—	$552	—	—	$337
LIVINGSTON HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES SALEM	$2,181	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CARROLL COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CARROLLTON	$2,276	$1,214	$1,078	—	$1,078	—	—	—	$285
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT CAVERNA HORSE CAVE	$2,498	$600	$600	$600	—	$750	—	—	$674
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT FRANKLIN FRANKLIN	$2,498	$600	$600	$600	—	$750	—	—	$674
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - VERSAILLES AMSDEN AVENUE VERSAILLES	$2,642	$30.60	$30.30	$30.90	$30.00	—	$88.00	—	$30.00
KINGS DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER ASHLAND	$2,665	$4,138	—	$4,924	—	—	$5,997	$363	—
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - WINCHESTER WINCHESTER	$2,666	$565	$100	$70.70	$100	$100	$70.00	—	$100
MERCY HEALTH - MARCUM AND WALLACE HOSPITAL IRVINE	$2,714	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MEADOWVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MAYSVILLE	$2,715	$43.30	$103	$37.00	—	—	—	—	$100
MARSHALL COUNTY HOSPITAL BENTON	$2,873	$1,810	$1,774	—	—	—	—	—	$1,774
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT ALBANY ALBANY	$2,873	$489	$862	$750	—	$489	—	—	$891
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT SCOTTSVILLE SCOTTSVILLE	$2,873	$603	$603	$603	—	$750	—	—	$603
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL BOWLING GREEN	$2,900	$2,900	—	—	—	—	—	$2,900	—
MERCY HEALTH - LOURDES HOSPITAL PADUCAH	$3,002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL SOMERSET	$3,134	$102	$100	$103	—	—	—	—	—
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER PRINCETON	$3,334	$950	$525	$1,438	$2,201	$3,779	—	$1,600	$285
JACKSON PURCHASE MEDICAL CENTER MAYFIELD	$3,349	$102	$100	$100	$100	—	$85.00	$105	$100
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - GEORGETOWN GEORGETOWN	$3,408	$102	$28.83	$37.30	$100	—	$88.00	—	$100
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - PARIS LINVILLE DRIVE PARIS	$3,511	$102	$29.19	$34.80	$100	$92.00	$92.00	—	$100
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL LORETTO RD LEBANON	$3,596	$102	$100	$57.50	—	—	—	—	$100
EPHRAIM MCDOWELL JAMES B. HAGGIN HOSPITAL HARRODSBURG	$3,797	$1.00	$357	$357	—	$1.00	—	—	$357

What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 72156, 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: $2,744 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.

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Medicare reimbursement benchmark

For CPT 72156 in Kentucky, Medicare reimburses about $291 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Kentucky range from $282 to $19,414 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 7.3x 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 upper spinal canal before and after contrast cost in Kentucky?: Cash prices for mri scan of upper spinal canal before and after contrast (CPT 72156) in Kentucky range from $282 to $19,414, with a median of $2,116. Prices vary widely by hospital.
Where can I find the cheapest mri scan of upper spinal canal before and after contrast in Kentucky?: The cheapest Kentucky hospital published cash price for this procedure is $282. 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 72156 (Imaging). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.