MRI lower back without contrast at Arroyo Grande Hospital. CPT 72148.

What Arroyo Grande Hospital publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated February 28, 2026.

Outpatient / ER

$1,831cash price (self-pay)

$4,897list price

$267–$5,407range insurers pay

Insurance plan	Negotiated rate
Partnership Health Plan \| Medicaid\|< 21	$267
Partnership Health Plan \| Medicaid\|> 21	$267
CenCal \| Medicaid\|< 21	$278
CenCal \| Medicaid\|> 21	$278
MHS Hospice \| Commercial\|All Plans	$284
Aetna \| Medicare\|All Plans	$307
Alignment \| Medicare\|All Plans	$307
BCBS - Anthem \| Medicare\|All Plans	$307
Humana \| Medicare\|All Plans	$307
Kaiser \| Medicare\|All Plans	$307
Scan Health Plan \| Medicare\|All Plans	$307
United \| Medicare\|All Plans	$307
Health Net \| Medicaid\|< 21	$404
Health Net \| Medicaid\|> 21	$404
United \| Commercial\|All Other Plans	$518
United \| Commercial\|HMO	$518
United \| Commercial\|Non-Options PPO	$518
United \| Commercial\|Options PPO	$518
Aetna \| Commercial\|All Other Plans	$1,979
Aetna \| Commercial\|HMO	$1,979
Aetna \| Commercial\|PPO	$1,979
BCBS - Anthem \| Commercial\|Non-MCS	$2,036
Cigna \| Commercial\|All Other Plans	$2,096
Cigna \| Commercial\|PPO	$2,096
Western Growers \| Commercial\|All Plans	$2,449
BCBS - Anthem \| Commercial\|MCS	$2,728
Kaiser \| Commercial\|All Plans	$3,085
First Health \| Commercial\|All Plans	$4,113
Healthsmart \| Commercial\|All Plans	$4,505
MultiPlan \| Commercial\|All Plans	$4,799

$2,197cash price (self-pay)

$5,517list price

$3,233–$5,533range insurers pay

Insurance plan	Negotiated rate
Kaiser \| Commercial\|All Plans	$3,476
First Health \| Commercial\|All Plans	$4,634
Healthsmart \| Commercial\|All Plans	$5,076
MultiPlan \| Commercial\|All Plans	$5,407

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