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Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph · Wichita, KS

MRI lumbar spine without contrast

Procedure code (CPT) 72148 · MRI · Hospital's own wording: "MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE"

Cash price — what the hospital publishes for people paying out of pocket
Not published
Cash priceNot published — the discounted cash price in the hospital's published file.
List priceNot published — the hospital's gross (list) charge before any discount or insurance.
Insurance-negotiated range$223.55 – $625.94 — the lowest and highest rates this hospital has negotiated with insurance plans for this procedure, as published in its file.

The low end of a negotiated range can reflect a government program fee schedule (such as Medicaid) rather than a rate most patients would pay, and the high end can reflect contract formulas. Your own plan's rate sits somewhere inside the range and depends on your coverage.

Where this price comes from

These figures are taken word-for-word from Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph's own published price file, file date January 1, 2026. Open the hospital's source file. Prices are published figures, not a quote or a guarantee of your final bill — see how to read these numbers.

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