MRI lower back without contrast at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta. CPT 72148.

What Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated February 28, 2026.

Outpatient / ER

$2,648cash price (self-pay)

$3,404list price

$592–$3,336range insurers pay

Insurance plan	Negotiated rate
California Health & Wellness \| Medicaid\|All Plans	$592
Aetna \| Medicare\|All Plans	$817
BCBS - Anthem \| Medicare\|All Plans	$817
Blue Shield CA \| Medicare\|All Plans	$817
Health Net \| Medicare\|All Plans	$817
Humana \| Medicare\|All Plans	$817
Kaiser \| Medicare\|All Plans	$817
United \| Medicare\|All Plans	$817
BCBS - Anthem \| Medicaid\|All Plans	$1,123
Partnership Health Plan \| Medicaid\|All Plans	$1,147
BCBS - Anthem \| Commercial\|Exchange	$2,315
Cigna \| Commercial\|All Other Plans	$2,791
Cigna \| Commercial\|PPO	$2,791
BCBS - Anthem \| Commercial\|All Other Plans	$2,859
United \| Commercial\|HMO	$2,927
Aetna \| Commercial\|All Other Plans	$2,961
Aetna \| Commercial\|HMO	$2,961
Aetna \| Commercial\|PPO	$2,961
United \| Commercial\|All Other Plans	$2,996
Health Net \| Commercial\|All Plans	$3,166
Coventry \| Commercial\|All Plans	$3,336
MultiPlan \| Commercial\|All Plans	$3,336

$2,648cash price (self-pay)

$3,404list price

$1,770–$3,336range insurers pay

Insurance plan	Negotiated rate
California Health & Wellness \| Medicaid\|All Plans	$1,770
Cigna \| Commercial\|All Other Plans	$2,791
Cigna \| Commercial\|PPO	$2,791
United \| Commercial\|HMO	$2,927
Aetna \| Commercial\|All Other Plans	$2,996
Aetna \| Commercial\|HMO	$2,996
Aetna \| Commercial\|PPO	$2,996
United \| Commercial\|All Other Plans	$2,996
Health Net \| Commercial\|All Plans	$3,166
Coventry \| Commercial\|All Plans	$3,336
MultiPlan \| Commercial\|All Plans	$3,336

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